For 89 percent of senior business executives, a state’s legal environment impacts decisions about where to locate and where to do business. New Jersey’s not high on the list, according to a national survey released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. Its lawsuit climate ranks 43rd out of 50, the state’s lowest ...

Litigator Christopher Ayers has been promoted to partner at Seeger Weiss LLP in Ridgefield Park. Ayers joined the firm as counsel in September 2017 from New York’s Anderson Kill. He focuses on class actions, mass torts and complex commercial litigation involving consumer protection, investment fraud, antitrust and pharmaceutical injury. In addition to New Jersey and ...

Ashley Rotchford focuses her practice on employment-based immigration matters, both immigrant and non-immigrant.

The proprietor of bus company Tyce Transportation in Irvington was ordered to provide compensation amounting to $258,568 after a Division on Civil Rights investigation found that he sexually harassed, and then fired, an employee in retaliation for filing a formal complaint against him.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed an earlier ruling that allowed the company to condemn about 40 parcels previously and permanently preserved, using state tax dollars, for recreational, conservation or agricultural uses.

The land use and real estate development law firm changed its name following the appointment of Jason Tuvel as partner.

Richard Lyons and Sean McGowan have been elevated to partner at the Hasbrouck Heights law firm.

Christopher Adams is chair of the criminal defense and regulatory compliance practice group. 

Joseph Lubertazzi Jr.'s appointment is effective Oct. 1. He will succeed current chair Michael Kelly.