Recent Blog Posts
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Distracted driving in the United States injured an estimated 387,000 people in 2011 and killed 3,000 more. An increasing number of distractions each year involve the use of cell phones. No wonder, then, the New Jersey Senate wants to take action to collect evidence to prove the connection between cell phone usage and accidents. Introduced… Read More »
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Most nutrition experts agree that Americans could stand to eat less red meat and more fish. But the case against a New York City-based fish processor that distributed Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono)-infected product in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Massachusetts is hardly encouraging news. In fact, it is the kind of product liability… Read More »
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From social media to corporate boardrooms and the political arena, it’s a fact of life that people sometimes talk about other people in unkind and damaging ways. But when do statements rise to the level of defamation and become subject to litigation by the defamed party? A first consideration is around public versus private individuals…. Read More »