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Bill Munday recently joined the firm as a partner after years as a member of Roseland’s Lowenstein Sandler. Bill brings with him wide expertise on the corporate side: corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, financing, real estate acquisition and development, commercial leasing, and zoning and planning law, among other areas.
Michael E. Gogal successfully defended a company against a complaint filed with the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. A former employee of Michael's client alleged discrimination in the company's re-hiring decisions after a company lay-off. After a thorough investigation, the Division determined that "no probable cause" existed for the allegation, and dismissed the complaint against Michael's client.
Bruce S. Rosen recently argued in the New Jersey Supreme Court against an exception to the "fair report" privilege found by the Appellate Division that would subject the media for defamation lawsuits if they write about initial complaints filed in court. The name of the case is Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group Inc.
Paul Carvelli successfully defended a lawsuit seeking damages and a contempt citation for false advertising claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Carvelli served as co-counsel in the matter FTC v. Lane Labs-USA, Inc., in which the U.S. District Court in Newark, following a week-long trial, returned a “no-cause” decision in favor of defendants rejecting the FTC’s false advertising claims. Sills, Cummis & Gross, P.C. served as co-counsel with Mr. Carvelli.
John McCusker, with the assistance of Patrice LeTourneau, recently won two motions to dismiss all claims, with prejudice, on behalf of two of the three named defendants
in a consumer fraud claim against a former parent company to a manufacturer of decking and railing products.
John McCusker, Alicyn Craig, Suzanne Murphy and Patricia Prezioso were successful in obtaining a partial summary judgment decision in U.S.
District Court in Newark on behalf of an employer and member of management dismissing claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). The defendants, a Fortune 50 Oil Company, and one of its technical managers were alleged to have violated the ADA, the FMLA, and New Jersey's corresponding state laws, New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") and Family Leave Act ("FLA"), by purportedly discriminating against the first employee plaintiff based on his stuttering, retaliating against him for making a complaint and retaliating against a second employee plaintiff for taking medical leave and for participating in the investigation of the first plaintiff's complaint. The Court granted summary judgment on all federal claims. The Federal Court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the corresponding New Jersey state law claims brought under the LAD and FLA.
Paul McCusker, with the assistance of Kate Jensen, Katie Lopez and Suzanne Murphy, recently won a no cause jury verdict for a pipeline company (owned by a Fortune 50 Oil Company) in a negligence action where two homeowner plaintiffs sought recovery based on property damage claims; the homeowners’ insurance companies also pursued subrogation claims. Despite allegations that the operation of the nearby pipeline caused an explosion and fire in the plaintiffs' homes, the jury concluded that plaintiffs had not established causation between the operation of the pipeline and the damage to the property owners’ homes and returned a verdict in favor of MARC’s client.
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