Charles Toutant

Newark

Employment Law Reporter at Law.com

Litigation Reporter at New Jersey Law Journal

Reporter covering employment law for https://t.co/4miOC8BsXW and litigation for New Jersey Law Journal. I welcome your news tips at [email protected] or 973-854-2944.

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Articles

Media Attention, but No Case: Copyright Suit Fizzles Over Beige 'Vibe'

1 week ago | feeds.feedblitz.com | Laura Lorek |Ellen Bardash |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.
Disbarred Lawyers Could Soon Be Practicing Again

1 week ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Now that New Jersey allows disbarred attorneys to apply for reinstatement, two people have made it past the first hurdle on the way to getting back in the court's good graces. Those two earned the only passing scores out of nine disbarred lawyers who sat for the February bar exam, according to a court spokesman. Layne S.
$19.5M Settlement Over Foster Home Sex Abuse of 2 Children

1 week ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

A brother and sister who were sexually abused in a foster home a half-century ago have agreed to accept $9.75 million each to settle their Middlesex County suit against the state. The state's Department of Children and Families placed the plaintiffs, identified in court documents as A.H. and D.C., in a foster home run by Joseph and Elizabeth Salmon in Atlantic County in 1969.
$3.3M Settlement in Suit Over Failure to Diagnose Brain Aneurysm

2 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

A woman who was left with memory loss and cognitive impairment after a physician failed to diagnose an aneurysm on her brain has agreed to a $3,335,000 settlement in her Essex County medical-malpractice suit. Kimberly Caffrey, then 46, visited the emergency room at Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside on July 16, 2020, complaining of 11 days of headaches, with episodes of nausea, vomiting and elevated blood pressure.
Buying Keyword Search in Competitor's Name Doesn't Breach Ethics Rules, 4-1 Ruling Says

2 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Purchasing a keyword search in the name of a competing lawyer isn't a violation of ethics rules, but doing so warrants a disclaimer of the arrangement, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled. In its 4-1 decision, the justices declined to adopt positions taken by the New Jersey State Bar association and the Bergen County Bar Association, which called the practice in question unethical.
Cancer Patients Sue Chemical Companies Over PFAS in Water Supply

2 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Chemical companies BASF, 3M and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. are among the defendants in a New Jersey suit by people with cancer who allege they became ill because of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination in their drinking water. The suit was filed on behalf of 92 people, most with either testicular cancer or cancer of the kidney.
'Pronoun Police:' New Uncertainty After EEOC Workplace Rules Struck Down

2 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Attorneys are being warned to expect more confusion than clarity when it comes to transgender rights in the workplace following a Texas judge's decision gutting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission anti-harassment rules. Although the Supreme Court has said discrimination based on sexual identity violates Title VII, employers have little guidance when it comes to practical issues like restroom usage by transgender employees.
California Man Convicted of Threatening New Jersey Judge

3 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

A California man has been found guilty of sending dozens of threatening emails to a New Jersey judge. Jonathan Lipman, 36, of the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, was found guilty Thursday of one count of stalking. Prosecutors said he sent dozens of emails to a New Jersey Superior Court judge with the intent to harass, intimidate, and terrorize the victim.
Defense Lawyers Uncover CFTC Misconduct

3 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

A federal agency has been ordered to pay sanctions after a federal judge in New Jersey threw out an enforcement action it brought against a commodities trading company. U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel entered the sanctions order against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after accepting a special master's report that said the agency made misstatements to the court in what it claimed was a fraud case against a New Jersey company, Traders Global Group Inc.
Fee Fight: Lowenstein Sandler Faces Old Nemesis

3 weeks ago | law.com | Charles Toutant

Lowenstein Sandler is facing a mounting challenge in litigation over its alleged role in the failure of a cannabis venture. Six months after Lowenstein Sandler accused law firm Trif & Modugno in a suit of driving former Lowenstein client Harmony Foundation into insolvency—and five months after Harmony filed a malpractice suit against Lowenstein—the two cases have been consolidated in Essex County Superior Court.