https://www.law360.com/newjersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 19:43:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333310 The Eleventh Circuit held Thursday that a couple's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries allegedly caused by a pelvic mesh device made by the company's med-tech unit was filed too late despite evidence that the woman's doctors had expressed uncertainty for years about whether the mesh was causing her pain. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:27:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332594 The Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Black cafeteria manager's suit claiming she was fired for complaining that her bosses at a charter school system mistreated her due to her race, ruling the suit falls flat because she was employed by an outside food service company. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:56:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333116 The Third Circuit appeared skeptical of prison operator CoreCivic Inc.'s argument Thursday that a defunct New Jersey law barring detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unconstitutional, questioning whether the statute actually blocked the federal government from detaining migrants. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:50:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2333074 A Johnson & Johnson talc unit has asked a New Jersey federal court to reinstate its libel suit over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma, arguing that newly discovered evidence shows statements in the article are false. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2331854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2331854 A Texas bankruptcy court recently rejected Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use Chapter 11 to resolve liabilities from allegations of injuries from using talcum powder, suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's limitations on nondebtor releases, from 2024's Purdue Pharma ruling, may prove difficult to evade, say attorneys at Cadwalader. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:16:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332519 While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:39:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332624?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332624 A bank accused a Berkshire unit and its insurance agent of underpaying coverage for property damage from "vandalism and/or theft," saying that while it's received roughly $105,000 in coverage to date, the insurer has yet to pay nearly $1.8 million. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:38:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332665 A coalition of states urged the First Circuit to reinstate a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from cutting $30 million in fair housing grants, saying the federal government failed to consider the impact this decision would have on the groups' operations. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:50:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332688?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332688 A New Jersey drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will pay $19.75 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by concealing it had no license from state regulators and billed the Veterans Health Administration and Medicaid for its services. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:30:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332699 The Third Circuit has declined to revive a man's consumer fraud suit accusing BetMGM and others of pushing him to continue gambling through more than 1,800 text messages, finding in a nonprecedential opinion that he failed to state a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:41:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332672 A former cybersecurity worker claims he was fired by a Department of Defense contractor after reporting failures to comply with the contract and billing for services the company didn't actually provide, according to a wrongful termination suit filed in Colorado federal court Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:09:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332063 The Third Circuit wondered Wednesday why a jury couldn't be allowed to examine the same type of gun, or at least a replica of one, that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer claims spontaneously fired into his leg at a design defect trial that he wants revived. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:51:54 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332317?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332317 The Third Circuit's argument lineup for May will see the state of New Jersey defend a law barring its immigration detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while Rutgers University seeks to keep its victory over claims it falsely inflated its business school's ranking. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:31:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332435 A New Jersey federal judge tossed two claims, but allowed contested expert testimony, in a hunter's negligence and liability lawsuit that alleges he was injured when his Ravin Crossbow "exploded" and knocked him out of a tree stand. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:25:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332390 A New Jersey state trial court erred in allowing trial evidence of a woman's medical history, prior falls and a handicapped placard in a slip-and-fall case against Home Depot U.S.A. Inc., a state appellate panel ruled Wednesday in vacating a jury verdict in favor of the retailer. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:04:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332590?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332590 The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Pennsylvania public transportation authority's defeat of a Black employee's lawsuit alleging she was given lower raises than white colleagues and transferred to a different department when she complained, saying she hadn't provided enough evidence to sustain her claims. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:48:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332516?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332516 Two insurers were correct to deny coverage for a former Pittsburgh-area McDonald's franchisee in a lawsuit accusing it of failing to stop a supervisor from sexually harassing and assaulting underage employees, since the litigation that sent it into bankruptcy fell under exceptions to the insurance policies, a Third Circuit panel ruled Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:43:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332542?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/2332542 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has added a second Frier Levitt attorney with experience representing pharmacies to its new pharmacy benefit manager contract and audit defense team in Newark, New Jersey, the firm announced Wednesday.