EPA Budget Cuts Leave Enforcement to the States and Individuals
I have written in this space before about the devastation being wrought by the Trump Administration on our Nation’s ability to protect the environment and its citizens from the health effects of toxins left behind by corporate polluters. The Trump Administration cuts in the Federal budget, especially the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, have rendered the […]
Dash Cam Videos will be harder to obtain in New Jersey
What I call dash cam videos are called mobile video recorders (MVRs) in New Jersey. A Tuckerton police officer was chasing a lady in a car. The car headed towards Barnegat Township, where two Barnegat Township police cars joined the chase. The MVRs in the Barnegat Township police cars recorded the chase and the subsequent […]
Partner Al Anthony and Associate James Barry on Environmental Class Actions
The first two years of the Trump administration have proven to be tumultuous, and the area of environmental regulation is no different, as the administration has sought to rollback or overturn over fifty environmental rules over the course of the first eleven months of the administration. This rollback has heightened the need for environmental class […]
Have Fun Dancing, But Please Be Safe
This summer, the KeKe Challenge (also referred to as the “#InMyFeelings Challenge”) has been an entire craze. It is fun. It is spontaneous. It immediately sparks joviality. Even though there are specific moves to this KeKe dance, the KeKe Challenge has sparked much interest because it still allows an individual to express himself or herself […]
DUCK BOAT COMPANY CHOSE MONEY OVER HUMAN LIVES
A lawsuit filed in the federal court on July 29th, 2018 alleges that Ripley Entertainment “recklessly risked the lives of its passengers for purely financial reasons” which cost the lives of 17 people and injuring 14 others. The lawsuit continues on to say that the company knew that the duck boats were unsafe and knew […]
Miami Lawyer Opposes Continuance Request From Lead Counsel
Women in the legal profession often face discrimination and bias, both implicit and overt. This issue was recently thrust into the spotlight when a pregnant lead attorney in a Florida products liability trial, Christen E. Luikart of Murphy Anderson, requested a trial continuance because her due date coincided with the trial date. In her motion, […]
Partner Al Anthony on his work with CPNJ
Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ) is an organization that has been dedicated to helping individuals with severe disabilities since 1953. They work to enhance the lives of those less fortunate than others. Assisting them with personal growth, independence, and semi-integration in the community is of the utmost importance to this organization. Fundraising is a […]
A benzene case is more than just a case.
In 1998, I represented a young couple in their 40’s that emigrated from Italy. We met under unfortunate terms as the husband was dying from leukemia. He was good man who sacrificed for his family taking whatever job he could to support them. As a local mechanic, he was unaware that the products he used […]
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is Retiring. The Environment, Already in Danger, is Further in Peril
This week Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy, a conservative, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. Although conservative, Kennedy’s upbringing in California is credited for his strong libertarian streak, often causing consternation to his court colleagues and petitioners alike. Kennedy often acted as the swing […]
Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela
On April 30, 2018 in Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in a class arbitration case coming out of the Ninth Circuit. The issue in Varela is whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) precludes an interpretation of an arbitration agreement that may authorize class arbitration based solely […]
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Analyzes Specific Jurisdiction post Bristol Myers Squibb
Judge Arnold New of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas recently held that more than 100 pelvic mesh lawsuits filed against Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, could remain here in Philadelphia County under an analysis for specific personal jurisdiction post Bristol Myers Squibb. Judge New’s 13 page opinion is one of the first in […]
Trump’s EPA Hands Chemical Industry Big Win
Recently obtained documents from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the New York Times reveal that the EPA is drastically reducing the ways that it monitors and assesses potential health and safety risks related to the use of scores of chemicals, especially those most dangerous. Perchloroethylene, as well as multiple other known human carcinogens* that […]