• Weisshaus v. Cuomo

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Covid-19
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Brian Cogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-CV-5826

    State's Covid-19 Traveler Health Form Not Preempted by Federal Law

  • In re Atty. Gen. Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Rabner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin D. Jarvis (O’Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, attorneys; Kevin D. Jarvis and Matthew B. Madsen, on the briefs); James M. Mets (Mets Schiro & McGovern and Markman & Cannan, attorneys; James M. Mets and Robert R. Cannan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Brian J. Manetta, on the briefs); Katherine Hartman (Attorneys Hartman, Chartered, Law Offices of Robert A. Ebberup, Law Office of D. John McAusland, and Loccke, Correia & Bukosky, attorneys; Katherine D. Hartman, Mark A. Gulbranson, Jr., Robert A. Ebberup, D. John McAusland, and Michael A. Bukosky, on the briefs); Matthew Areman (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; and Markowitz & Richman, attorneys; Paul L. Kleinbaum, Craig A. Long, and Matthew Areman, on the briefs); Frank M. Crivelli (Crivelli & Barbati, attorneys; Frank M. Crivelli, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jeremy Feigenbaum, State Solicitor (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jeremy Feigenbaum and Jane C. Schuster, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs, and Christopher Weber, Sean P. Havern, Patrick Jhoo, Brandon C. Simmons, Emily K. Wanger, and Emily Marie Bisnauth, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-26/27/28/29/30-20 (085017)

    Attorney General Directives Requiring Public Release of Law Enforcement Disciplinary Records Consistent with Public Policy Favoring Accountability and Transparency

  • June 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Murphy Nominates 8 to Superior Court, Continuing Flurry of Activity to Fill Vacancies

    The Senate Judiciary Committee will review those eight nominees, plus a ninth named last month, on Monday.

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  • Reed v. County of Westchester

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Daniel Joshua Wasserberg, Esq., Jonathan A. Alvarez, Esq., Kush Shukla, Esq., Samuel Miles Meirowitz, Esq., Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Francesca Lynn Mountain, Esq., Westchester County Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 20-CV-2268

    Jail Guard Acted on Personal Dispute, Not Under Color of State Law, in Shooting Colleagues

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Fin. v. AT&T Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara A. Lima, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69437

    Where defendant made a particularized showing regarding an improper purpose in connection with an agency's issuance of a governmental subpoena, the court was entitled to request further submissions before deciding the matter.

  • Lawson v. Dewar

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin T. Flood
    for defendant: Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, attorneys for respondents Sergeant Vito Bet, Sergeant John Mazuera, Sergeant Jeffrey Raub, Captain Kevin Rivenbark, Chief Michael D. Jannone, Mayor Bob Frazen, Borough of Bound Brook, and Bound Brook Police Department (Susan K. O'Connor, of counsel and on the brief); Dwyer Connell & Lisbona, LLP, attorneys for respondent Officer Janos Bojtos (William T. Connell and Beth Connell O'Connor, on the brief); Martin Kane Kuper, LLC, attorneys for respondents Officer Jeff Dewar, Officer Brian Wertheim, and Officer Keith Kilgore, join in the brief of respondent Officer Janos Bojtos; Michael J. Stone, attorney for respondent Sergeant Robert Lavin, joins in the brief of respondent Officer Janos Bojtos

    Case Number: A-2443-20

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Reconsideration of Interlocutory Order by Applying Standards for Final Orders

  • June 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Judge to Show Cause After JQC Disciplinary Recommendation

    "When I say my children, I'm not trying to curry favor, I've just got people in the jail that don't like me and they may find out who he is," the judge said.

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  • June 3, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    State Appeals Court Backs Insurer in Wrongful Incarceration Case

    "Since it is undisputed that the officers' misconduct occurred 20 years prior to the execution of the policies, there can be no duty to indemnify in this case," Judge Dorian Damoorgian said.

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  • May 27, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Case for Application of Comment k to Manufacturing Defect Claims

    Comment k to Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts precludes all strict liability claims arising from injuries caused by certain categories of products, including prescription pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

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  • May 24, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

    Hidden Risks for Texas Common-Law Couples

    The dissolution of an informal marriage through the judicial system presents a number of hidden risks to the divorcing couple.

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