A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed a Delaware casino from a wrongful death suit, ruling that the casino lacked sufficient contacts with the state to be subject to personal jurisdiction there.
A federal judge in New Jersey denied a motion for reconsideration in an ERISA class action against United Healthcare, ruling that a recent policy change did not constitute new evidence and that individual plan variations still preclude commonality.
A federal judge ruled that New Jersey’s consumer fraud lawsuit against Discord Inc. does not present a substantial federal question, remanding the case to state court.
A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed with prejudice unjust enrichment claims brought by Albany County pricing multidistrict litigation, while denying a motion for reconsideration filed by self-funded payors.
A federal judge in New Jersey allowed two new plaintiffs to replace the original class representatives, keeping alive a Title VII disparate impact suit over Walmart's criminal background screening practices.
New Jersey's consumer-fraud claims against Discord for collecting children's data without parental consent are state-law claims, a federal district court held, even though they borrow a federal standard — and belong in state court.
A federal judge in New Jersey denied a plaintiff's bid to revive a putative class action against United Healthcare Insurance Company over its reimbursement policies for DIEP flap surgeries, ruling that neither a 2025 policy change nor alleged legal error ju...
A federal judge in New Jersey has allowed a special education teacher’s claim that her employer interfered with her Family and Medical Leave Act rights to proceed, ruling that the school board’s failure to provide individualized notice of those rights const...
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge denied debt collector Midland Funding's motion to compel production of retainer agreements between plaintiff Svetlana Lerner and her attorneys, rejecting the argument that the agreements might reveal a disqualifying con...
A New Jersey federal court held that Hartford and Travelers had no duty to defend a synthetic-hair seller against a California class action alleging toxic chemicals in its products, because the underlying suit sought only economic damages for being deceived...
A federal judge held that 826 Colombian plaintiffs suing Chiquita Brands International over alleged support for paramilitary terrorists did not waive the forum-defendant rule and that the company failed to establish CAFA jurisdiction, ordering remand to New...
A New Jersey federal court has rejected Chiquita Brands International's bid to keep in federal court twelve state-law suits brought by 826 Colombian plaintiffs who allege the banana company funded, armed, and otherwise supported terrorist organizations — in...
A federal judge refused to reconsider his ruling that probable cause governs joint school-police searches of students, while also declining to strip qualified immunity from the Plainfield officials and officers who allegedly detained, searched, and handcuff...