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  • September 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Bar Report — Sept. 16, 2024

    The NJSBA's weekly report.

    13 minute read

  • Cobb v. Forbes

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Francois A. Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 521549/2023

    Court Orders District Attorney to Hand Over Documents For Criminal Case

  • People v. J.M.W.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Joanne D. Quiñones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Failure to Comply With Discovery Demands Forces Court to Dismiss Case

  • Appellate Term, Second Department: September 11, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth JudicIal Districts & Ninth and Tenth JudicIal DisTRICTS
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders on Motions decided on:August 12 - 26, 2024

  • In re: Wack Jills, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Legal Services | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Hiller, Hiller Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE for assignee.
    for defendant: Daniel K. Astin, Ryan M. Ernst, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Wilmington, DE; Albert A. Ciardi III, Walter W. Gouldsbury III, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Philadelphia, PA; Frederick B. Rosner, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Kurzman, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford, CT for creditors.
    Case Number: 2019-0650-PAF

    Court denied assignee's motion for final distribution and removed assignee upon finding that it had failed to comply with the requirements of the ABC statute and had engaged in apparent self-dealing, including structuring compensation from expenses and then hiring its affiliates to provide seemingly unnecessary services to the trust, such that the assignee failed to act in creditors' best interests.

  • September 3, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Hall Booth Smith Adding Long Island Office to Meet Medical Industry Defense Demand

    "We don't open a geographic office without some requests and some reasonable expectation we'll be busy," said managing partner Alex Booth.

    4 minute read

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: August 30, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown released on:August 27 & 28, 2024

  • Fairfield Sentry Ltd. v. ABN AMRO Schweitz AG

    Publication Date: 2024-08-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge John P. Mastando, III
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Plaintiffs Joint Liquidators By: Jeffrey L. Jonas, David J. Molton, Marek P. Krzyzowski, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for UBS Jersey Nominees Limited By: Marshall R. King, Gabriel Herrmann, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 10-03636

    Adversary Proceeding in Ponzi Scheme Case Is Denied Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction

  • Smith v. 2005 Tower LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-22-00350-CV

    The underlying case involved a guardianship proceeding. Appellant Laurel Smith, as a guardian ad litem for Martha Clarkson, filed a petition for declaratory judgment and a notice of lis pendens regarding a property Martha conveyed to appellee 2005 Tower LLC.