/newjersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:21:30 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2379176?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2379176 A Rhode Island federal judge seemed perplexed Wednesday by a government attorney's contention that for nearly 30 years, various administrations across the political spectrum have wrongly interpreted a law the Trump administration now says requires immigration status checks for additional federal benefits. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:58:14 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2379329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2379329 The Third Circuit Wednesday wiped out Maiden Holdings' summary judgment win over investors accusing the reinsurance company of misrepresenting its underwriting and risk management practices, saying the district court misapplied U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding the materiality of withheld information. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:19:34 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2379310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2379310 A former employee for Honeywell will seek Third Circuit review of a New Jersey federal judge's decision to toss a proposed class action alleging Honeywell violated federal benefits law by putting 401(k) forfeitures toward employer-side contribution obligations instead of defraying administrative expenses. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:21:24 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2377902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2377902 In Walker v. SEPTA, the Third Circuit reinstated a former Philadelphia bus driver's Family and Medical Leave Act lawsuit, finding the notice standard is not particularly onerous, which underscores employers' responsibilities to recognize and document leave requests, and to avoid penalizing workers for protected absences, say Fiona Ong and Leah Shepherd at Ogletree. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:59:00 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2379079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2379079 A former Johnson & Johnson data privacy attorney suing the pharmaceutical giant over alleged racial discrimination told a New Jersey federal court that the company's sanctions motion is an unfair move to "weaponize" the rules of civil procedure. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:43:46 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378986?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378986 A New Jersey municipal judge accused of berating children during truancy hearings, threatening their families with deportation and questioning their immigration status in open court has cited a lack of training in his formal response to the ethics complaint by the state supreme court's judicial conduct committee. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:15:30 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378964 A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday filed a new, corrected version of an opinion he withdrew last month in securities litigation against CorMedix Inc. after an attorney for the biopharmaceutical firm pointed out the opinion contained "a series of errors." Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:30:26 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378916?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378916 A Robinhood subsidiary sued the states of New Jersey and Nevada on Tuesday in an effort to ward off a potential enforcement action as it has begun allowing users to trade on the outcome of sports games despite the states' warnings not to do so. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:52:06 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378836?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378836 A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday dismissed workers' allegations that Novo Nordisk unlawfully used forfeited funds in its $2.3 billion 401(k) plan for its own benefit and kept a shoddy fund on its investment roster, leaving an excessive fee claim in play. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:26:51 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378412?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378412 A North Carolina federal judge partially sustained Bank of America's objections to a magistrate judge's recommendation allowing a proposed class action over alleged fraud on the peer-to-peer payment service Zelle to proceed, finding that the suit fails to plausibly plead claims under any of the asserted state consumer protection statutes. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:09:26 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378629 A group of nonprofits and a union added claims to their suit in Maryland federal court aiming to stop the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps, accusing the Office of Management and Budget of unlawfully withholding millions of dollars appropriated by Congress for grant programs. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:40:01 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378850 A man sentenced to 10 years in prison after police found guns and drugs in his car during a traffic stop can't have the evidence suppressed even though the police engaged him in small talk unrelated to the stop, the Third Circuit affirmed Tuesday, finding that the rapport-building conversation was warranted. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:09:11 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378655 The Second Circuit on Tuesday agreed with 3M Co. that a federal judge wrongly sent Vermont's lawsuit against the company over "forever chemicals" contamination back to state court, finding 3M moved the case to federal court in time. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:39:58 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378633?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378633 A man sentenced to 60 years in prison after kidnapping and sexually assaulting another man can be resentenced due to recent precedent concerning persistent offenders, but can't suppress evidence gained after police saw his cellphone passcode and used it to read his texts, a New Jersey appellate panel ruled Tuesday. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:38:42 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2376960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2376960 After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:35:06 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378704 Carella Byrne Cecchi Brody & Agnello PC asked a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday to approve $4 million in attorney fees, litigation costs and service awards for class representatives in a consumer class action involving Volkswagen vehicles with a seat defect. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:50:38 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378445 Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba on Monday doubled down on her argument that President Donald Trump legally appointed her New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, telling a federal judge that this is simply "an unusual situation" created when the district court last month refused to extend her interim tenure. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:06:53 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378100?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378100 The Trump administration urged a Rhode Island federal judge to toss claims that massive cuts to the Health and Human Services Department violate the U.S. Constitution and usurp congressional authority, arguing the state plaintiffs don't have the authority to dictate how the executive branch manages its personnel. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:18:00 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2378440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2378440 The Southern District of New York on Monday permitted Jay Clayton to continue overseeing the district's prosecutorial office, appointing Clayton as U.S. attorney just a day before his tenure as interim U.S. attorney was set to expire. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:02:02 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2377460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2377460 A Michigan state court judge has granted a preliminary injunction allowing an Eastern Michigan University offensive lineman to remain on the football team while he challenges a five-year eligibility cap for college athletes, saying the player has shown a likelihood of success at trial on his claims.