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 ...
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Ayers promoted to partner at Seeger Weiss
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 ...
Read More »Gibbons opens Red Bank office
Gibbons PC has opened its eighth location and its third location in New Jersey at 141 West Front Street in Red Bank. Former Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General James Zazzali opened the office; along with Stephen Reynolds, a director in the commercial and criminal litigation department and ...
Read More »Investment broker sentenced to prison for stealing $270k from elderly couple
A Livingston investment broker who stole $270,283 from an elderly couple by getting them to invest in a fictitious investment program was sentenced to prison Friday. Michael Alan Siegel was sentenced to three years in state prison for second-degree theft by decisions and must pay full restitution to his victim. Her husband is now deceased. ...
Read More »Rotchford joins Morais Law as junior partner
Ashley Rotchford focuses her practice on employment-based immigration matters, both immigrant and non-immigrant.
Read More »Bus company owner ordered to pay former employee $258,568
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.
Read More »Court rejects PennEast’s bid to access government lands to build gas pipeline
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.
Read More »Prime Law becomes Prime & Tuvel
The land use and real estate development law firm changed its name following the appointment of Jason Tuvel as partner.
Read More »Bertone Piccini elevates 2 to partner
Richard Lyons and Sean McGowan have been elevated to partner at the Hasbrouck Heights law firm.
Read More »Adams joins Greenbaum Rowe as litigation partner
Christopher Adams is chair of the criminal defense and regulatory compliance practice group.
Read More »Lubertazzi named chairman of McCarter & English executive committee
Joseph Lubertazzi Jr.'s appointment is effective Oct. 1. He will succeed current chair Michael Kelly.
Read More »New law creates license for hearth professionals
These professionals install, repair, maintain and service products like barbecues and patio firepits. Additionally, they inspect, repair or install vents, masonry, metal and factory-built chimneys and vent systems, and natural or manufactured gas piping.
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