Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state appeals court panel on Tuesday appeared troubled by a trial judge's decision to toss a malpractice suit accusing Hill Wallack LLP of mishandling the defense of a family facing labor trafficking allegations, repeatedly asking counsel whether the lower court made the factual findings required before imposing the system's harshest sanction.

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The Fourth Circuit declined Monday to reconsider its decision cutting nearly $2.9 million from a former Wells Fargo employee's $22 million jury award and overturning portions of the verdict in his disability discrimination suit against the financial giant.

The Third Circuit on Friday refused to pause discovery in consolidated litigation accusing data brokers of violating New Jersey's judicial privacy statute, known as Daniel's Law, while it considers a First Amendment challenge to the statute.

A New Jersey state judge on Wednesday signaled uncertainty about whether a state-owned hospital can lawfully direct employees to keep quiet during internal investigations, at one point suggesting the nondisclosure agreement at issue looked like something written by a Cold War-era Soviet leader.

New Jersey Chief Technology Officer Kevin Dehmer has asked a state court judge to block TikTok from deposing him in the attorney general's consumer fraud lawsuit, arguing that he has no firsthand knowledge of the allegations and that forcing a high-ranking state official to testify is unwarranted.

The Third Circuit on Monday upheld New Jersey's requirement that out‑of‑state physicians obtain a state medical license before consulting with in-state patients via telemedicine, concluding that the rule fits a centuries‑old tradition of regulating medical practice and does not trigger strict First Amendment scrutiny.

A New Jersey federal judge on Friday dismissed a former Eli Lilly sales manager's suit alleging she was fired after objecting to pressure to promote off-label use of the diabetes drug Mounjaro, finding that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the Indiana‑based drugmaker.

New Jersey urged a state judge to force TikTok to hand over detailed user engagement data the state said was essential in proving that the platform's design harmed children, accusing the company of months of evasive answers, shifting explanations and contradictory statements about whether the information even exists.

New Jersey urged a state judge to force TikTok to hand over detailed user engagement data the state said was essential in proving that the platform's design harmed children, accusing the company of months of evasive answers, shifting explanations and contradictory statements about whether the information even exists.