Charles Toutant

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A woman who was left disfigured after 11 unnecessary operations on her leg has agreed to a $3.36 million settlement of her Essex County medical malpractice suit. Rana Husein went to David Greuner at New York Surgical Associates on Jan. 27, 2021, complaining of leg swelling that had been ongoing for 25 years.

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A U.S. District Court judge has ruled a New Jersey judiciary employee is entitled to qualified immunity in a First Amendment suit involving online criticism of so-called judicial "meddling." The case could provide guidance on permissible limits for government agencies responding to online criticism of public officials. It stems from a court spokesperson's request for a public relations site to remove a litigant's criticism of a judge.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

After 15 years on the job, there was no cake and no farewell party when Jen Swedish put in her last day at the Department of Justice on May 23. So many people have been leaving her section—five on that day alone—that there isn’t time to honor all the departing colleagues. Swedish, a former deputy chief in the Civil Rights Division, decided to leave after being told that lawyers in her section would be reassigned to enforce President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

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New Jersey's Appellate Division has ruled that a man who was sexually abused by a priest when he was a teenager can't sue the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in a New Jersey court. The Appellate Division rejected the claims by an abuse survivor, identified as John Doe 1, that the archdiocese is subject to the New Jersey court's jurisdiction because the priest, Francis P. Rogers, was acting as its agent when he abused Doe multiple times at a location in New Jersey.

4 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.