To facilitate patient access and impact a community in need of jobs and economic stimulus, Ken Vande Vrede set his sights on Paterson for the location of his medical marijuana dispensary.

United States District Court Judge Brian Martinotti of Newark ruled Friday the PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC is granted access to use eminent domain to seize properties it requires in New Jersey in order to perform surveys.

John J. Gibbons, the standard-bearer of the venerable Newark-based law firm Gibbons PC, died Sunday, according to an obituary on its website. He was 94.

With the holiday season upon us, many employers are thinking of ways to celebrate with their employees. One way of doing so is with a holiday party, which can boost morale and show gratitude for the year’s hard work. But holiday parties are not without their pitfalls. If employers are not careful, a holiday party can turn into an employment-related disaster and create potential areas of liability.

When the Department of Health announced it wouldn’t make its Nov. 1 deadline for issuing licenses for six medical marijuana alternative treatment centers, applicant and real estate specialist Potter Polk was hardly surprised.

The suits include a combination of reimbursement for taxpayer-funded cleanup of the sites, as well as reimbursement for the value of damaged natural resources. “Environmental justice means that everyone, no matter race, ethnicity, color, national origin or income, deserves to live and work in a healthy and clean environment,” Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in ...

Law firm White and Williams is beefing up its labor and employment group with five new members.

Haddonfield-based law firm Archer & Greiner tapped commercial litigator Lloyd Freeman as the firm’s chief diversity officer and chairman of its diversity and inclusion committee, effective immediately.

Former Morris County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Matthew James Troiano has joined Denville-based Einhorn Harris Ascher Barbarito & Frost PC as counsel and chair to the firm’s criminal practice group.

A joint committee in the state Legislature approved Monday a measure to legalize, tax and regulate recreational marijuana for New Jerseyans over the age of 21.