"Attorneys, parties, and judges have praised the reduced time and cost associated with virtual proceedings for brief and straightforward matters," the state Supreme Court said in a notice to the bar.
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Biden nominates two to US District Court for New Jersey
In his ninth round of judicial picks, President Joe Biden proposed Georgette Castner and Evelyn Padin for the bench.
Read More »Scarinci Hollenbeck’s environmental law group adds member
Monica Schroeck joins the firm from Herold Law PA, where she counseled clients on site remediation, solid waste disposal, air compliance, due diligence and more.
Read More »National health care attorney joins Brach Eichler (updated)
Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak has practiced for more than three decades, focusing her on corporate, transactional and compliance matters for physicians and health care institutions.
Read More »Green bargaining
The right to unionize is baked into the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act as it is in the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act. The law requires each cannabis business licensee to sign a labor peace agreement with a bona fide labor organization, with parties entering into an agreement that the employer will not oppose unionization and the union - if and when it organizes the workforce, agrees to not strike or otherwise stop work.
Read More »3 physicians file age discrimination suit against Hackensack Meridian
Doctors Usha Avva, Nina Gold and Kathleen Reichard were the oldest full-time pediatricians employed in Hackensack University Medical Center's emergency department when they were the terminated and escorted off property on Feb. 17, according to a complaint filed in Essex County Superior Court.
Read More »CSG adds litigation team counsel
Michael Cross joins Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC in its West Orange headquarters.
Read More »Costello becomes CSG’s first female managing member
Patricia Costello will oversee the law firm's 285 employees, including 175 attorneys who bring in $90 million in revenue to offices in New Jersey and New York.
Read More »Biden nominates Greenberg Traurig co-managing shareholder as US Attorney
Philip Sellinger is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and federal judicial clerk with more than 30 years of trial experience.
Read More »Gibbons commercial litigation co-chair named managing director
Peter Torcicollo will replace Patrick Dunican, who will assume the role of executive chairperson after two decades in the dual role.
Read More »New partnership will offer free name change help to trans community
The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, which surveyed more than 27,000 people in the United States, found that almost one-third of trans folks who showed an identity document with a name or gender marker that conflicted with their perceived gender were harassed, denied benefits or services, discriminated against or assaulted.
Read More »Florio Perrucci adds Tarica as of counsel
Shifra Tarica's practice is concentrated on education law.
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