Colleen Murphy

"The cases prosecuted by the Corruption Bureau tend to be high-profile, high-stakes, and complex," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "The prosecution team frequently finds itself in the spotlight as it holds powerful individuals and institutions accountable."

"I am thrilled to welcome Kate McDonnell back to the Governor's Office as my new Chief Counsel," Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement. "Her decades of service to the Garden State and her strong background in public policy demonstrate the ideal skillset to excel in this role."

The defendants all denied that there was a deviation from the standard of care.

The arguments involved a case where the trial court and Appellate Division came to opposite conclusions on whether plaintiffs must serve an affidavit of merit in multiple specialties for a suit against a doctor with more than one specialty.

Being barred from practice for five years is career-ending for most lawyers, one ethics attorney said, adding that he believes suspension is a more appropriate punishment for lawyers who qualify for reinstatement.

"This case involves an unlawful price-fixing agreement among several PBMs—orchestrated by the PBM rate aggregator, GoodRx—to suppress the prices paid to independent pharmacies for generic drugs," according to one complaint filed Nov. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

"Educational institutions are expending so many resources putting systems in place, training their employees, educating their student bodies, and then having to do it all over again in a short period of time when regulations change as much as they have in 2020 and now 2024," said Patricia Hamill, a member with Clark Hill.

“Since the contaminated products contained a defect that rendered them unusable, the products were worth less than their full purchase price,” Judge Cindy K. Chung said. “To hold otherwise would be to conclude that an unusable product is worth the same as a usable one—a conclusion that resists logic.”

"The court finds Sandoz's lost profits following the launch of generic treprostinil were a natural and probable consequence of United Therapeutics' breach of its promise," the judge said.

An Essex County jury returned a $1.8 million verdict following a seven-day trial in a personal injury claim over a fall down the stairs at a construction site.