• G.C. v. Div. of Med. Assistance & Health Servs.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Slocum, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Francis X. Baker, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Joshua M. Spielberg (Legal Services of New Jersey, attorneys; Joshua M. Spielberg, Melville D. Miller, Jr., Kristine Marietti Byrnes, Maura Sanders, and Dawn K. Miller, on the briefs); Kenneth M. Goldman (South Jersey Legal Services, attorneys; Kenneth M. Goldman, and Thomas LaMaina, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-35/36/37-20 (084417)

    State Eligibility Regulations for ABD Benefits Conflicted with Federal Medicaid Statute by Not Adjusting Applicant Income for Family Size

  • State v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nirmalan Nagulendran (Miller, Meyerson & Corbo, attorneys; Nirmalan Nagulendran and Gerald D. Miller, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Lauren Bonfiglio, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Steven K. Cuttonaro, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-15/16-20 (084365)

    Forfeiture of Public Pension Not a Fine Where Benefits Conditioned Upon Honorable Service, Meaning Employees Who Committed Offenses Had No Property Interest

  • May 13, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Justice Lee Solomon's Reappointment Nomination Advances to Full Senate

    The committee also approved the nomination of attorney Shawn LaTourette, a former Gibbons partner, for Department of Environmental Protection commissioner. He is currently acting commissioner.

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  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Kmieciak, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jennifer E. Kmieciak, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-39-19 (083353)

    Increasing Grading for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Did Not Constitute Ex Post Facto Violation

  • Fraternal Order of Police, Newark Lodge No. 12 v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew D. Areman argued the cause for appellant (Markowitz & Richman, attorneys; Matthew D. Areman, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Avion M. Benjamin, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Kenyatta K. Stewart, Corporation Counsel, attorneys; Avion M. Benjamin, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: -15-19 (083197)

    Cities Could Establish Civilian Police Oversight Boards But Boards Could Not Conduct Concurrent Investigations with Internal Affairs

  • Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis P. Devine, III (Pepper Hamilton, attorneys; Francis P. Devine, III, and Angelo A. Stio, III, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Brian K. Condon (Condon Catina & Mara, attorneys; Brian K. Condon and Laura M. Catina, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-20/21-18 (081534)

    Lawyer's Distribution of Wired Trust Funds According to Client Instructions Could Not Constitute Conversion in Absence of Limiting Instructions on Wire

  • State v. McNeil-Thomas

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Ducoat, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor (Theodore N. Stephens, II, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Frank J. Ducoat, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel and on the briefs).

    Case Number: A-77-17 (080758)

    Prosecutor Properly Commented on Surveillance Video During Closing Where Admitted into Evidence Without Objection from Defense Counsel

  • Cont'l Ins. Co. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew T. Frankel (Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, attorneys; Stefano V. Calogero, of counsel; Stefano V. Calogero, Andrew T. Frankel, Tanya M. Mascarich, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Michael J. Lynch (K&L Gates, attorneys; Michael J. Lynch, Donald E. Seymor, John T. Waldron, and Donald W. Kiel, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-21-16 (078152)

    New Jersey Law Applied to Insurance Liability Allocation Dispute as Domicile of Insured with Significant Factual Relationship to Case

  • June 2, 2017 |

    Oxford Realty Group Cedar v. Travelers Excess & Surplus Lines Co.

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  • February 2, 2017 |

    GIVAUDAN FRAGRANCES CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY,

     Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Givaudan Fragrances Corporationv.Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. 2017 WL 429476Supreme Court of New…

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