While many trade secrets cases are brought into state court, two aspects of this case put it in federal court: diversity of citizenship, since Acrow Corp. of America is based in New Jersey and Big R is based in Colorado; and that the federal statute provides a remedy for attempted misappropriation while state law doesn’t.

State legislators recently announced that legalizing marijuana will be decided by voters in a 2020 referendum, leaving a $60 million hole in the state budget proposal Gov. Phil Murphy released earlier this year. Despite that setback, there is another, less controversial, step state officials can take to collect tens of millions of dollars in revenue: stop wealthy developers from taking advantage of labor laws and outdated regulation and enforcement to increase profit margins by abusing workers. By, Richard E. Tolson, director of International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council of New Jersey, Locals 4 & 5.

After joining the firm of March of this year, Raymond Brown has been named practice leader for the Crisis & Risk Management Practice Group.

The state’s complaint lays out a callous plan to use deception and misinformation to turn the medical community – and the public – away from the view that opioids were so potent and potentially addictive that they should be prescribed sparingly.

Matthew Collins and Susan Rubright have joined the firm's Cannabis Practice, which it began in 2017.

A federal jury has delivered a verdict over the rights to use the trademark “Cars for Kids,” saying that the Lakewood-based Kars 4 Kids Inc. willfully violated America Can! Cars For Kids’ exclusive trademark.

In Princeton, Nicholas Gaunce's promotion is effective June 1.

Paul Abel, of Suburban Propane, and seven other in-house counsel were honored Wednesday at the 8th Annual 2019 NJBIZ General Counsel of the Year Awards.

The financial institution's chief executive officer and president, C. Allen Parker, will be recognized on Wednesday at the New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project's Leadership in Diversity event.

The appellate division of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender is never short on work. The 1,300 appeals per year the OPD takes on for indigent clients can often take up to a year and a half each. To help with the case load, the office developed a pro bono partnership with 13 private New Jersey and New York law firms. Launched in April, the partnership is already handling 35 appeals.