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January 30, 2020 Judge Kenneth Powell granted the post-trial remittitur motion of Janssen Pharmaceuticalson January 17, 2020, thereby reducing the punitive damages awarded by the Philadelphia jury in October of 2019, down from $8 billion to $6.8 million. Judge Powell oversaw the case when the jury handed down the $8 […]

January 29, 2020 New Jersey passed the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) to provide its citizens with access to government records, in order to ensure an informed citizenry. A common law right to access public records has also existed parallel to, and unrestricted by, OPRA. Both the statutory right to […]

January 24, 2020 Joel Clark and Gary Intoccia Elevated to Named Partners Today, the firm is pleased to unveil its new name – McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C. The firm has elevated Senior Partners Joel Clark and Gary Intoccia to named partners of the firm, recognizing their decades of […]

January 21, 2020 On January 16, 2020, in a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court partially reversed a 2018 decision of the Appellate Division, and dismissed two separate claims, consolidated on appeal, made under the Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”) as putative class actions. Those claims challenged the […]

January 16, 2020 On January 8, 2020, Judge Christine Smith, J.S.C. of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, published an opinion in the matter of John Doe 1 v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, et al. , ATL-L-950-16, in which the court asserted personal jurisdiction over the Archdiocese of Philadelphia […]

January 15, 2020 In Delanoy v. Township of Ocean, et al. , A-2899-17T4 (N.J. App. Div. Jan. 3, 2020), the New Jersey Appellate Division issued New Jersey’s first published opinion concerning the scope of the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA amended New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination […]

January 14, 2020 The firm is proud to announce that New York City partner Mindy Jayne has obtained dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit against the firm’s retail-store client in the matter of MiclasseGue, et al. v. Acacia Realty, LLC, pending before the Supreme Court of the State of New […]

November 13, 2019 According to a recent report from the New York Civil Justice Institute (“NYCJI”), a leading tort-reform organization, approximately half of plaintiffs in 175 New York asbestos-related lawsuits failed to take advantage of potential funds by filing claims with asbestos bankruptcy trusts. Asbestos-related litigation has resulted in the […]

January 9, 2020 In an unpublished decision in the matter of G.F.B., et al. v. Saint James School, et al. , A-1325-17T4 (N.J. App. Div. Dec. 24, 2019), New Jersey’s Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a ten-count lawsuit against a Roman Catholic school, and its employees. The […]