Whether you are a regular at Saratoga or become an instant expert on horse racing in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby, you have no doubt wondered how owners come up with their
This is not what I thought happened at Phish shows. I have been to two of them and they were many things – tedious, a little cultish – but not this.
For a while, people enjoyed sharing interesting, and often cautionary, tales from Zoom hearings and trials. (Who can forget Zoom cat lawyer?!?) That doesn’t seem to be as much of a thing anymore, perhaps because
This was the lesson from Longinetti v. Ocean Casino Resort, a recent unpublished Appellate Division decision.
Plaintiff was playing slots at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City and drinking a virgin bloody mary. The
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In a recent opinion, the New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics ruled that attorneys may use cannabis and operate/invest in cannabis businesses. The Committee noted that this conduct “remains
By: Peter J. Gallagher (LinkedIn)
You know it’s “award season” – at least the legal world’s version of it – when your social media starts to fill up with posts that sound like this: “So honored to be
By: Peter J. Gallagher (LinkedIn)
In a recent decision, Almond Alliance of California v. Fish and Game Commission, a California court was asked to determine whether bumble bees fall within the definition of a “fish” in the
By: Peter J. Gallagher (LinkedIn)
In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court looked back to a time before social media was ubiquitous, a time when Facebook was cutting edge and perhaps even – pause for collective
By: Peter J. Gallagher (LinkedIn)
From the Appellate Division comes another case that sounds more like a law school hypothetical than real life. Here is the scenario: A driver is pulled over for a traffic offense. Signs point
By: Peter J. Gallagher (LinkedIn)
In a case with facts that could have been ripped from a torts exam, the Appellate Division held that a woman who jumped into a canal to try to save a neighbor’s dog