Steven J. Trzaska was an in-house patent attorney for
L’Oréal USA, Inc. (“L’Oréal USA”), a cosmetics company.
It fired him, he alleges, for his refusal to violate various
ethical rules that govern the legal profession. He asserts that
this action violated New Jersey employment law, as one
cannot be fired for refusing to violate regulations or public
3
policy at the ins... More...   $0 (08-01-2017 - NJ)

Andre Petras appeals the District Court’s dismissal of
his reverse False Claims Act suit against his former employer,
Simparel, Inc.; David Roth, Simparel’s founder and Chief
Technology Officer; and Ron Grilli, Simparel’s Chief
Executive Officer (collectively, “the Simparel defendants”).2
Petras initially alleged a reverse FCA claim3 and
retaliation claim4 under the False C... More...   $0 (05-18-2017 - NJ)

Plaintiffs, Tymeco Jones, Iesha Bullock, and Teairra Pizzarro, are certified nursing assistants who bring this action against their employer, SCO Silver Care Operations (“Silver Care”) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and related New Jersey state wage and hour laws. The plaintiffs claim that Silver Care underpaid them for overtime in two ways. First, Silver Care failed to in... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - NJ)

Le Mier unsuccessfully attempted to smuggle illegal substances into the
17 Roosevelt County Detention Center (RCDC) by concealing them within a body
18 cavity. The contraband was discovered during a strip search, Le Mier was charged
2
1 with three minor criminal offenses, she was arraigned on June 18, 2012, and pled not
2 guilty. Trial was initially set for mid-January 2013 ... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

Under federal and New Jersey search-and-seizure
jurisprudence, a police officer’s warrantless search of the
passenger compartment of a vehicle, following a lawful traffic
stop, is a constitutional protective sweep when the
circumstances give rise to a reasonable suspicion that a driver
or passenger “is dangerous and may gain immediate access to
weapons.” State v. Gam... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

The State presented the following evidence at trial.
Defendant, having spent the day with his daughter, waited for
Janet,1 the child's mother, to return home from work. As the child
and defendant sat in his car, Janet, her infant son, her partner,
and his sister pulled up and parked facing defendant's car, parked
in front of her apartment. The partner approached defenda... More...   $0 (04-24-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was in her apartment on March 27, 2008 with at
least two other people when her aunt, K.F., and defendant's
stepfather, A.W., came over. Defendant was upset with them because
she suspected they were involved in some manner when the Division
of Child Protection and Permanency previously removed defendant's
three children from her custody.
Defendant and K.F.... More...   $0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)

We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of
the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled
to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other
defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum
penalty.
The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration
for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-time ... More...   $0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was charged by an Atlantic County grand jury with
first-degree possession of ten grams or more of a controlled
dangerous substance (CDS) with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A.
2C:35-5(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(6) (count one); second
degree conspiracy to possess ten grams or more of a CDS with intent
to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a), and N.J.S.A... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of
the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled
to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other
defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum
penalty.
The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration
for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-time ... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

Plaintiff is an electrical utility company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Compl. ¶ 1. It provides electrical services to both residential and commercial customers in Missouri and Kansas. Id. On or about August 19, 2005, the United States, acting through the General Services Administration (“GSA”), entered into a contract with plaintiff for the delivery of electrical utility services t... More...   $0 (03-28-2017 - NJ)

Defendant West NY Suites, L.L.C., appeals from the Law Division's judgment following a bench trial finding it liable on

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a breach of contract claim brought by plaintiff 5907 Boulevard, L.L.C, and awarding damages and attorney's fees. We affirm.

In summary form, the parties entered into a contract for the sale of an apartment building from plaintiff to defen... More...   $0 (07-19-2013 - NJ)

Defendant purchased a $300,000 life insurance policy and
$200,000 accidental death benefit insuring Scharf's life on May
23, 1991. He was the primary beneficiary; the parties' son,
Jonathan, ten years old at the time of the murder, was the
contingent beneficiary. Scharf's therapist, Patricia Teague, who
had been treating Scharf for depression since July 1990, testified <... More...   $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

We are called upon to determine whether the admission into
evidence of a map, prepared and adopted by a governmental entity
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1(e), violates the Confrontation
Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
and the analogous New Jersey constitutional provision, which
guarantee an accused “the right . . . to be confronted with the ... More...   $0 (01-25-2017 - NJ)

Prior to trial, the court conducted a hearing pursuant to
State v. Michaels, 136 N.J. 299 (1994), to exclude Zelda's
recorded statements to a Massachusetts social services worker
and a Salem County, New Jersey prosecutor's office investigator.
The court also held a pre-trial Rule 104(a) hearing on the
admissibility of statements by Zelda to her mother, A.D., and to
h... More...   $0 (01-03-2017 - NJ)

The evidence presented at trial showed that defendant and
M.P. had lived together in Connecticut. In 2010, M.P. relocated
to New Jersey with her three children following an incident with
defendant at her Connecticut home.
During the evening of March 5, 2012, M.P. was in her
apartment in Woodbury when she noticed someone at the front
door. She approached the door, whi... More...   $0 (12-17-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Matthew J. Ramos appeals from the June 16, 2015 Law
Division order, which denied his petition for post-conviction
relief (PCR) without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
We derive the following facts from the record. A grand jury
indicted defendant for first-degree murder (of Denise Leonard),
N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2) (count one); first-degree attempt More...   $0 (12-05-2016 - NJ)

When a criminal defendant is found competent to stand trial
under N.J.S.A. 2C:4-4, he or she has the autonomy to make
strategic decisions at trial, with the advice of counsel. Among
2
those decisions is the choice whether or not to assert the
insanity defense, which absolves a defendant of criminal
responsibility for his or her conduct, if at the time of such
c... More...   $0 (09-29-2016 - NJ)

We discern the following history from the record. On April
26, 2008, defendant was approached by two Atlantic City police
officers. Defendant took out a gun, pointed it at one of the
officers, and pulled the trigger. The weapon misfired. He then
fled the scene. During the course of his flight from police,
defendant brandished his gun at another officer who was sitting... More...   $0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)

Wentworth is a property-management company, and the
Wentworth Group is the parent entity. Michael Mendillo was the
president and chief executive officer of Wentworth and the owner
of the Wentworth Group. In May 2005, Mendillo hired Ramon to
serve as one of Wentworth’s regional vice presidents -- the only
one of Hispanic descent. In that role, Ramon managed high-rise More...   $0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)

New York, NY - BOK Financial, Senior Executive Charged With Turning Blind Eye to Investment Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a subsidiary of Oklahoma-based BOK Financial Corporation has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle charges that it concealed numerous problems and red flags from investors in municipal bond offerings to purchase and renova... More...   $1600000 (09-15-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Noah Mosley appeals from the Law Division's five
year sentence imposed on January 15, 2015, following his guilty
plea for violation of probation (VOP). Defendant challenges the
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trial court's acceptance of hearsay as proof of VOP. He also
seeks new sentencing due to the court's denial of his request
for an adjournment to ... More...   $0 (09-07-2016 - NJ)

We adopt the essential facts from our previous unpublished
decision remanding defendant's PCR petition for an evidentiary
hearing:
The record reveals that, on January 10, 2006, a grand jury issued an indictment charging defendant with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1); third-degree possession with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A... More...   $0 (08-16-2016 - NJ)

New Jersey has a significant body of statutory and
decisional law protecting employee rights -- protections that
exist whether the employee is a union member or not. Among
those are wage and hour and whistleblower protections. Facts
that can give rise to a violation of those state-law protections
can often (for union workers) also give rise to a claim based on
a col... More...   $0 (08-16-2016 - NJ)

The record discloses the following facts and procedural
history. The prosecutor called the victim, D.H., and several
other witnesses to testify in its case. Defendant did not
present any witnesses and he did not testify on his own behalf.
In 2006, defendant was a tennis instructor at the Murray
Hill Health and Racquet Club (MHHRC). He taught group tennis
classes f... More...   $0 (07-27-2016 - NJ)

Newark, NJ - Former New Jersey Attorney General And Chairman Of The Port Authority Board Of Commissioners Pleads Guilty To Bribery

Former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Also Charged in Bribery Scheme

United Continental Holdings Inc. Agrees to Reforms, Will Pay $2.25 Million Penalty

David Samson, the former chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Autho... More...   $0 (07-15-2016 - NJ)

Police Officer Carmine Giannetta of the Elizabeth Police
Department was the only witness who testified at the suppression
hearing. Giannetta reported that, on January 11, 2012,
Detective Torres, also of the Elizabeth Police Department, was
stopped by a person on the street who reported that an African
American man in a puffy jacket was in possession of a handgun in
... More...   $0 (07-15-2016 - NJ)

On September 25, 2014, Detective Peters of the East Orange
Police Department received reliable information from a
confidential informant (CI). The CI previously provided
reliable information to Peters that resulted in the arrests and
convictions of numerous narcotic violators. The CI informed
Peters that a black male named Dorian was selling marijuana out
of an apar... More...   $0 (07-06-2016 - NJ)

In 2010, respondent F.M.’s personal firearm and firearms
purchaser identification card (identification card) were seized
pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,
N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35 (Domestic Violence Act).2 Both items
1 The statute on possession and licensing of firearms, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, ref... More...   $0 (07-06-2016 - NJ)

In this case we again address whether shooting at or from a motor vehicle can
4 serve as a predicate for felony murder. We recognize that the collateral-felony rule
5 has generated confusion and hope to clarify its application in this opinion. Following
6 trial, the jury found Defendant Eric Marquez guilty of first-degree felony murder
7 contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-1(A)(2... More...   $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

New Jersey provides a broad range of discovery to an
accused in a criminal case under Rule 3:13-3. This open-file
approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials. Here, the
issue is not whether defendants have a right to discovery of the
prosecutor’s file in their case, but whether they have a right
to discovery of the files in unrelated cases involving the same
... More...   $0 (06-29-2016 - NJ)

Defendant J.C. was convicted by a jury of first-degree
aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(1), two counts of
second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(b), and three
counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child,
N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a). The charges stem from defendant's
admission, during a telephone call with his daughter, A.C., that
he had s... More...   $0 (06-10-2016 - NJ)

In October 2007, defendant was indicted by a Monmouth
County Grand Jury, charging him with two counts of first-degree
armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (counts one and two); one count
of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose,
N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) (count three); one count of third-degree
unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b) (count
fo... More...   $0 (06-02-2016 - NJ)

On October 15, 2007, a Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted
defendant on three counts of first-degree aggravated
manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1) (counts one, two and
three); three counts of second-degree vehicular homicide,
N.J.S.A. 2C:11-5(a) (counts four, five and six); one count of
second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1) (count
seven); one coun... More...   $0 (06-02-2016 - NJ)

We briefly summarize the pertinent facts. On September 23,
2011, at 11:40 p.m., Jersey City Police Department (JCPD)
officers Michael Meade and Mark Hennessey responded to a "shots
fired" call in the area of Rutgers Avenue in the city. Meade and
Hennessey were monitoring the radio in high crime areas as part
of their assignment to the Violent Crimes Unit. Both officers More...   $0 (05-28-2016 - NJ)

The warrant was issued on April 30, 2012, based upon an
affidavit presented by Detective James Powers of the Monmouth
County Prosecutor's Office's Narcotics Strike Force. Powers
described a four-month narcotics investigation of a target known
as "Pete," and later identified as defendant. With the
assistance of a confidential informant and an undercover
officer, Powe... More...   $0 (05-24-2016 - NJ)

In the early morning hours of March 14, 2012, two officers
from the Winslow Township Police Department responded to a
report of domestic violence at a residence in Sicklerville. The
victim advised she and her husband had argued, that he put his
hands around her neck and pushed her on the bed. The police
found defendant in the second-floor bedroom. He was on the
pho... More...   $0 (05-24-2016 - NJ)

In this appeal, we address the admission of other-crime
evidence, pursuant to N.J.R.E. 404(b), of an attempted sexual
assault that occurred three years before the sexual assault that
was the subject of defendant Richard Willis’ trial. The State
contended, and the trial court held, that the evidence of the
earlier uncharged offense was relevant to defendant’s intent to More...   $0 (05-14-2016 - NJ)