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Daniel’s Law Lawsuits – Constitutionality Update

Our readers may recall our prior pieces in which we discussed a New Jersey State privacy law, colloquially known as Daniel’s Law. As our readers know, many of the defendants in these Daniel’s Law lawsuits challenged the...more

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NJ Appellate Court Reaffirms Employees’ Right to Bring LAD Claims in Court

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The New Jersey Appellate Division recently issued an important decision clarifying how claims brought under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) interact with agency proceedings in employment matters. Specifically, it made...more

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Recent Daniel’s Law Lawsuit

Readers of this blog are not strangers to Daniel’s Law lawsuits filed by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas”). While waiting for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether Daniel’s Law is constitutional, a New...more

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NJ Appellate Division Clarifies Consumer Fraud Act Exception for Insurance Producers, Upholds Plemmons

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On June 24, 2025, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion in Lowe v. Audet, A-4093-23, holding that insurance producers remain exempt from liability under the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) when performing...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Easier for Employees in the Majority to Prove Reverse Discrimination Under Title VII

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The United States Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, in a rare unanimous decision, overturned a decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that required a plaintiff, a heterosexual, to have evidence as part of her proofs to...more

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Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital and Co-Employee in Fatal Parking Lot Accident

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Jameel, etc. v. Dember, et al., No. A-1225-23 (April 28, 2025) - A wrongful death and survivorship action arising from a fatal accident in a hospital employee parking lot was dismissed after the New Jersey Appellate Division...more

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New Jersey SLAPPs Back: New Jersey Court of Appeals Eradicates Anti-SLAPP Loophole

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On May 29, 2025, the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed dismissal in Satz v. Starr, No. A-2785-23, 2025 WL 1522032 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. May 29, 2025), holding that the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of his claims did...more

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Court Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Claim Over Absence of Driver-Assistance Features

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Berkoski v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., 328 A.3d 986 (N. J. Super., App. Div. 2025) - This product liability action centered on a fatal auto accident; a head-on collision that the plaintiff claimed could have been prevented if...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Message of Acceptance from the Garden State

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This week’s New York Business Divorce takes us to the Garden State for a delightfully-written, post-trial decision by retired, recalled Appellate Division Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr....more

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New Jersey Appellate Division confirms timing options for filing a motion to dismiss pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 4:6-2(e)

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In the recent case of Bank, et al. v. Lee, the New Jersey Appellate Division addressed a significant procedural issue regarding the timing for parties to file a motion to dismiss pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 4:6-2(e)....more

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Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses in NJ Developer Purchase Agreements

When disputes arise between developers and purchasers, it is important to ensure that the developer’s preferred forum of dispute resolution is enforceable in the purchase contract. In particular, arbitration clauses, which...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

New Jersey Appellate Division Decision Creates Risk That NJDEP May Be Able To Revive Time-Barred Claims for Investigation and...

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On April 25, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division reversed a trial court’s order dismissing the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) complaint as time-barred in NJDEP v. Desai. The ruling...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

When Parental Discipline Becomes a Legal Issue: Key Takeaways from State v. Franck A. Amang for NJ Family Law Practitioners

The line between lawful parental discipline and criminal conduct can be a legal tightrope—especially when the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) is involved. The recent Appellate Division decision in State v....more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Daniel’s Law Update

Our readers may recall a prior piece in which we discussed a New Jersey federal district court (“District Court”) decision denying constitutionality-related challenges to a New Jersey privacy law known as Daniel’s Law. Below,...more

Marshall Dennehey

A Carrier May Have No Duty to Defend an Intentional Injury Claim Against an Employer Arising from a New Jersey Workers’...

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Key Points: A workers’ compensation insurance carrier normally does not have a duty to pay benefits for an intentional injury claim....more

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Third Circuit Predicts No Private Right of Action for Denied Job Applicants Under New Jersey Cannabis Law

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On Dec. 9, 2024, a divided panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a class action lawsuit by New Jersey job applicants denied employment by Walmart because they tested positive for cannabis. The...more

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Third Circuit Illustrates Federal Court Presumption for Exercising Concurrent Jurisdiction

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Arsenis v. M&T Bank is a tale of two cases. The bank brought an action against Ms. Arsenis to foreclosure on a mortgage loan in New Jersey Superior Court. Through a combination of defenses and counterclaims in the foreclosure...more

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Federal Appeals Court Holds New Jersey’s Cannabis Law Provides No Private Right of Action

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“CREAMMA”) does not permit a private citizen to bring a civil action for...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court Opinion Refines Affidavit of Merit Requirements for Malpractice Case Against Physician Certified in...

In another in the seemingly endless series of decisions parsing the interpretation of the statutory requirements for an affidavit of merit in medical liability claims, on January 22, 2025 the New Jersey Supreme Court issued...more

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Key New Jersey Appellate Win Secured in Legal Malpractice Action

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A decision impacting the defense of such actions from damages claims by new businesses - In an Appellate decision impacting the defense of legal malpractice actions arising out of claims for damages by new businesses, Jack...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in New Jersey

Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see our posts on “Bid Protests in Georgia,” “Bid Protests in the District of Columbia,” “Bid Protests in New York,” “Bid...more

Stevens & Lee

New Jersey Bidders Beware 2.0 – If in Doubt, File a Timely Appeal to the Rejection of Your State Agency Specification Challenge

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In a prior post, we discussed the importance of timeliness in challenging bid specifications. Let’s assume that your company takes issue with one of the specifications published by a New Jersey state agency in a request for...more

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Environmental Transactional Issue: New Jersey Appellate Court Addresses Contractual Dispute Over Responsibility for Petroleum...

Co-Author: Jenna Davidson The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a May 11th Opinion a breach of contract claim concerning remediation of multiple environmental conditions...more

White and Williams LLP

Electronic Medical Records May Be Subject to On-site Inspection

On-site expert review of electronic medical records (“EMR”) may no longer be a last resort in professional liability matters in New Jersey. A three-judge panel in New Jersey’s Appellate Division recently upheld a trial...more

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Fifth Circuit Finds That New Jersey’s Discovery Rule Applies If Identity of a Specific Defendant Was Not Known Until After the...

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On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the pleading-stage dismissal, as time-barred, of a case against Bank of New York Mellon by defrauded investors in the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme....more

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