On June 24, 2025, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion in Lowe v. Audet, A-4093-23, holding that insurance producers remain exempt from liability under the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) when performing…
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/ Consumer Protection, Insurance, Professional Malpractice
In April, the high-stakes world of the NFL Draft took over the airwaves. Millions were made and fumbled away as each round unfolded. Scouting reports were dissected, 40-yard dash times debated, and the patience of each player…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Business Torts, Communications & Media Law
Key Points: Recent case clarifies Florida premises liability law and the burden on plaintiffs under Section 768.0755, Florida Statutes…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Insurance, Personal Injury
Key Points: New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Statute includes provisions for employers to seek subrogation in claims involving third-party recoveries by employees…
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/ Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Key Points: Standard of Care: Patient assessment and discussion of procedures to be performed to evaluate the patient prior to surgery fall under the purview of the standard of care, not informed consent…
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/ Civil Procedure, Health, Professional Malpractice
Key Points: Innovative technologies being utilized by rideshare companies are raising their chances of defeating vicarious liability claims in Florida and throughout the United States…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Personal Injury, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
Key Points: A workers’ compensation judge is not required to correct a mistakenly-issued Notice of Compensation Payable, but they may correct a mistakenly-issued Notice of Compensation Payable…
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/ Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Key Points: Effective May 18, 2025, purchasers of new motorcycles in Pennsylvania may bring Lemon Law suits…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
Key Points: While legal malpractice actions can be brought as a negligence or contract claim, the gist of the action doctrine serves to limit those instances…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Professional Malpractice
Key Points: June 1, 2025, the Pay Transparency Act takes effect in the state of New Jersey. Under the Act, employers are required to include the salary and/or hourly wage range being considered for a vacant position…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Key Points: Travel during the workday between clients’ homes is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law
Key Points: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has clarified that the standard of proof required for a finding of attorney misconduct is “clear and convincing evidence.” Attorney disciplinary matters “are in the nature of…
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/ Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
Key Points: In New York, if the owner of an animal knew or should have known the animal had vicious propensities, a plaintiff may seek to hold the owner strictly liable…
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/ Civil Procedure, Personal Injury
There was a fall in this case, but the claimant’s injury—disk extrusion at L3-4—occurred before the fall, when he stood up from a seated position. This case highlights that when an injury is personal to a claimant and not…
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/ Civil Procedure, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Sapp v. Sims Crane & Equip. Co./Bridgefield Cas. Ins. Co., Fla. 1st DCA 2025, No: 1D2024-0300, May 7, 2025 - In a per curium opinion from the First District Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, the court addressed what at first…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
