Tyco settles securities fraud lawsuit with New Jersey for $73 million
Thursday, May 1, 2008
[JURIST] Tyco International [corporate website] Wednesday reached an agreement with the state of New Jersey to settle a lawsuit [case materials] alleging that insider trading at the company cost the state $100 million in state employee pension funds. Under the settlement terms, Tyco will pay $73 ..
NY appeals court upholds Port Authority negligence verdict in 1993 WTC bombing
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
[JURIST] A New York appeals court has upheld [opinion text] a jury's finding that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was negligent [JURIST report] in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center [BBC backgrounder] by Islamic radicals that killed six and injured 1,000. The jury found in ..
New Jersey high court rules subpoena needed to obtain Internet user records
Monday, April 21, 2008
[JURIST] The New Jersey Supreme Court [official website] Monday ruled [PDF text] that Internet service providers may not turn over users' personal information to police or other agencies unless they obtain a valid grand jury subpoena when the information sought relates to an indictable offense. ..
Parmalat fraud suit against Citigroup can proceed: judge
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
[JURIST] A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that a $7 billion lawsuit [JURIST report] filed by Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA [corporate website] against Citigroup [corporate website] could go forward on a claim that Citigroup aided and abetted former Parmalat executives ..
ICE sued over 'illegal' immigration raids
Thursday, April 3, 2008
[JURIST] Law enforcement officials from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] violated the constitutional privacy and due process rights of suspected illegal aliens by raiding their homes [CSJ backgrounder], according to a complaint [PDF text] filed in New Jersey ..
Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Monday, March 31, 2008
[JURIST] New Jersey US District Judge Robert Kugler Monday sentenced Albanian Kosovar refugee Agron Abdullahu [criminal complaint, PDF], one of the six men arrested [JURIST report] in May for plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix [official website], to 20 months in prison. In October 2007, ..
Supreme Court rules for Delaware in state water boundary dispute
Monday, March 31, 2008
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Monday that New Jersey and Delaware have "overlapping authority" to control "extraordinary" construction projects along the Delaware River. The Court's decision came in New Jersey v. Delaware [Medill case backgrounder; ..
New Jersey civil union law not ensuring rights of same-sex couples: report
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
[JURIST] A New Jersey civil union law has not been able to effectively ensure that same-sex couples receive the same rights and privileges as heterosexual couples because of federal law, according to an official report [PDF text] issued Tuesday by the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission (NJ- ..
Merck settles Medicaid fraud, kickback lawsuits
Friday, February 8, 2008
[JURIST] New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck [corporate website] has agreed to pay $671 million to settle claims [press release, PDF] that it defrauded Medicaid and improperly marketed three of its drugs to doctors, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The settlement [PDF text] stems from ..
Fort Dix plot suspects charged with attempted murder
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
[JURIST] Additional charges, including attempted murder, were filed Tuesday against the alleged plotters of an attack on Fort Dix [official website]. The US Attorney for New Jersey declined to say why the attempted murder charge was added, but a grand jury found that there was sufficient evidence ..
New Jersey governor signs bill abolishing death penalty
Monday, December 17, 2007
[JURIST] New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine on Monday signed into law [press release] a bill ending the use of capital punishment [PDF text], making New Jersey the first state to abolish the use of the death penalty since the US Supreme Court reinstated it nationally in 1976. The legislation was ..
The Insurance Industry is not your friend even when you are the one paying the Workers’ Compensation Insurance premium. Every employer in New Jersey is required to carry Workers’ Compensation insurance for the protection of all employees. But insurance companies may still disclaim even when the employer is the one making the claim.
In a recent […]
Often described as one of the toughest laws of its type, our State’s consumer protection laws impose some stringent requirements on many merchants while providing for substantial remedies when there is a violation.  Known as the Consumer Fraud Act,
New Jersey law requires those in certain businesses, such as home improvement contracts, furniture sales and automobile […]
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On average, a Workers’ Compensation Judge in the State of New Jersey has approximately fifty to sixty cases listed before them each day. Of these, Judges are asked to conference various disputes, take testimony in either trials or motions for Medical and Temporary benefits, and, hopefully, review the fairness and reasonableness of settlements. Compared to […]
If I am involved in an accident while driving without insurance, can I bring a claim for injuries if the other driver was at fault?
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The simple answer is no. If you are the operator of a motor vehicle in the State of New Jersey, you are required to maintain insurance with Personal Injury Protection […]
Labor Day weekend is known as the last weekend at the shore, back to school, and the start of football season. Yet each of us has some tie to the labor movement that transcends these notions of what labor day is all about. For me the labor union movement gave me the opportunity to earn […]
A client told us he was injured at work and was receiving Workers’ Compensation. He said his regular health insurance and dental benefits were allowed to lapse since he was out. He felt his employer should be obligated to continue paying for these benefits since he was injured at work. I agree […]
