Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Michele Brown, the head of Choose New Jersey, to be the public member of the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey board of directors, the Office of the Governor announced Friday.
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Rutgers elects new chair, vice chair for board of governors
Rutgers University has elected a pair of alumni with prominent business backgrounds to lead its board of governors, it announced Thursday.
Read More »MDMC opens Florida office
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, the largest law firm in New Jersey, announced an expansion into Florida on Friday morning.
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Christie’s chief counsel, Acquaviva, nominated for Superior Court
Just three months after being named Gov. Chris Christie's chief counsel, Gregory Acquaviva appears to be changing jobs again.
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The 101 on surprise medical bills
You may have heard that a small percentage of New Jersey physicians do not participate in some insurance networks. You may have even been billed by one. I hope to clarify why you get billed.
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Sometimes a lawsuit isn’t the answer
Once upon a time, when a corporation or small business had a legal dispute that could not be resolved through negotiation, it meant one thing: litigation. And while the courthouse remains an effective venue for resolving business disputes, the general trend over the last decade has been a shift away from litigation and toward alternative methods...
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Dolan, ‘larger than life’ figure who helped build Gibbons, dies at 86
John “Chuck” Dolan, credited with helping to build what is now Gibbons P.C., died Wednesday. He was 86.
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NJBIZ names General Counsel award winners
At a special event Friday, NJBIZ announced its winners of the General Counsel of the Year awards. These awards honor New Jersey's best general counsels and chief legal officers, who are making a difference for their companies and the state as a whole.
Read More »Lawmakers sue to stop Christie’s 300M Statehouse renovation
Gov. Chris Christie’s $300 million Statehouse renovation plan has received much criticism, including from his Lt. Gov. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kim Guadagno.
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Scutari unveils recreational marijuana legislation
In light of the eight different states that have approved the use of recreational marijuana and more than 60 percent of people in the country favoring legalization, state Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari has announced he will introduce new legislation to legalize personal use of small amounts of marijuana in New Jersey for people 21...
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Cyber-lawyer explains ransomware attacks, what businesses can do to avoid them
The threat of WannaCry, the ransomware that was slated to wreak havoc over the past weekend, seems to have subsided.
Read More »Grapevine Bad optics for Kushners
“The first thing you have to understand is that the Kushners did nothing wrong,” a source started, reacting to the recent flap when Nicole Meyer held an event in China where she appeared to be using her brother, Jared Kushner, and his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, in an effort to promise EB-5 visas to the U.S. for financial...
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