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Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
March 19, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Harassment of judges is seeing an uptick and COVID-19 appears to have given rise to the trend, said Collins J. Seitz Jr., chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
By Charles Toutant
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March 18, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
The judge who denied the fee application relied on inappropriate and irrelevant considerations, the appeals court said.
By Charles Toutant
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March 17, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
Bringing a claim against the defendant was made harder because his car and the plaintiff's car never came into contact, but the plaintiff's lawyer said he was able to extract an admission from the defendant—through well-thought-out questioning at the deposition—that the defendant's conduct caused the plaintiff to strike the divider.
By Charles Toutant
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March 13, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
A judge's partial summary judgment ruling in a legal malpractice case could lead to a hefty damages verdict, the plaintiff's lawyer says. And claims of hazing in an underlying case could pave the way for punitive damages, the plaintiff's lawyer said.
By Charles Toutant
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March 13, 2025 | Law.com
Some legal observers are concerned—not so much that judges will be afraid to issue rulings that will earn the president's ire, but that being a judge will cease to be viewed as an attractive career.
By Charles Toutant and Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman and Amanda Bronstad and Alyssa Aquino and Emily Saul and Ellen Bardash and Kat Black
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March 13, 2025 | Law.com
Individuals in the industry have remained largely silent, until now.
By Charles Toutant
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March 11, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
The plaintiff's lawyer planned the malpractice case and a related auto injury case carefully to make it more difficult for the defendants to attribute the patient's injuries to the motor vehicle accident.
By Charles Toutant
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March 11, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
A municipal judge who touched a court employee without her consent after serving her several alcoholic drinks is removed from the bench as part of the judiciary's stricter penalties for judges who engage in sexual harassment on the job.
By Charles Toutant
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March 10, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
Some employers see "stay-or-pay" contract terms as a way to keep workers on the job longer at a time when traditional noncompete clauses are falling out of favor, said Jonathan Harris, a law professor who studies such agreements.
By Charles Toutant
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March 7, 2025 | Law.com
A judge's ruling reinstating NLRB board member Gwynne Wilcox sets the stage for a battle over the agency's future, which could end up at the Supreme Court.
By Charles Toutant
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