2025 was another busy year for the New Jersey legislature in proposing and finalizing bills impacting health care. In this multipart update, we discuss the new bills and their impact on the healthcare industry in New Jersey. Dispensing Hearing Aids On March 6, 2025, the New Jersey legislature Continue Reading
Compliance Note No. 16: NJ Pay-to-Play Reporting
New Jersey’s pay-to-play law requires businesses with state government contracts to report the New Jersey political activity of the business and its key executives. Businesses that received $50,000 or more in revenue during the 2025 calendar year through New Jersey government contracts must file an Continue Reading
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill’s First Budget Address for FY2027: Key Highlights
Governor Mikie Sherrill presented her first budget address, outlining a proposed $60.7 billion Fiscal Year 2027 budget for New Jersey. The proposal emphasizes key priorities including affordability, education, youth mental health, veterans’ housing, transportation, energy, and economic development. Continue Reading
NJ Supreme Court Revises Procedures for Amicus Participation Under New Merits Briefing Model
The New Jersey Supreme Court has adopted the practice of "merits briefing" for Supreme Court appeals filed on or after February 10, 2026. This new practice brings with it important refinements to amicus participation that impact practitioners who handle appellate matters. Under the Court’s merits Continue Reading
New Proposed Federal DOL Independent Contractor Rule May Not Make a Difference
Whether a particular worker should be classified as an “employee” or an “independent contractor” has been the source of significant litigation over the past several decades. Determining that a worker is an employee gives rise to a large number of protections and benefits for the worker and a Continue Reading
Insiders: The New Privacy Regulator on the Block in California?
Employees with boots on the ground and direct insight into a company’s day-to-day operations and internal decision-making often know a company best. Often, they possess far more actionable information than regulators ever could. California is looking to capitalize on that knowledge by proposing a Continue Reading
Don’t Trip at the Finish Line: Think Through the Implications of Release Language Before Your Client Signs
Don’t skip careful analysis of release language in the rush to paper a settlement—recycling generic language from a prior settlement can have unintended consequences. That’s the lesson from Bogda v. Bochenek, 236 Conn. App. 412 (2025), a case with a fact pattern that proves there is no fight like a Continue Reading
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Strict Interpretation of an Arbitration Provision in the Context of a Post-Closing Earnout Calculation Dispute
Fortis Advisors, LLC v. Stillfront Midco AB, 2026 WL 406073 (Del. Feb. 13, 2026) In Fortis v. Stillfront, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery and declined to ignore a seller’s agreement to arbitrate issues related to post-closing earnout Continue Reading
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: How to Determine Infringement of Design Patents
Design patents cover the ornamental features of a product. Whether a design patent is infringed comes down to a visual comparison between the patented design and the accused product. Would an ordinary consumer confuse the two designs? A recent Federal Circuit decision highlights the challenges of Continue Reading
IEEPA Tariffs Held Unlawful; Section 122 Tariffs Commence; Trade Deals Likely to Falter
The US Supreme Court Decided That IEEPA Does Not Authorize Tariffs On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court affirmed a federal circuit court’s holding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. Stated succinctly, the Continue Reading