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A federal district court judge ruled last month that New Jersey’s ban on political spending by certain regulated industries is unconstitutional with respect to independent expenditures. At the same time, the ruling upheld the ban for direct contributions to candidates and political parties. The ruling, which was issued in response to a challenge brought by the New Jersey Bankers Association (NJBA), raises two important questions: one for similar bans (including so-called “pay-to-play” laws) in other jurisdictions, and one for corporate PACs in New Jersey specifically.
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Election Law News has reported on previously, a number of states purport to ban political spending from persons and entities involved in certain regulated industries, such as marijuana and gambling. Since 1911, New Jersey has banned companies involved in banking, insurance, railroads, telephone service, public utilities, and other functions from �
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Brian Hall, 49, of Freehold, was sentenced to 8 months of home confinement in connection to possession and distribution charges. (Shutterstock)
MONMOUTH COUNTY - A Freehold resident was one of two New Jersey men sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a heroin and cocaine trafficking ring in the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties.
The bust was completed through interception of telephone calls and text messages as well as court-authorized wiretaps, controlled purchases of heroin and cocaine, the use of confidential sources of information and other investigative techniques, prosecutors said.
Brian Hall, 49, of Freehold, was sentenced to eight months of home confinement and three years of probation after he previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
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In a recent decision, Judge Brian R. Martinotti affirmed Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Arpert’s order denying plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend its complaint. Plaintiffs were attempting to remove their patent infringement claims and related allegations from the complaint after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) found plaintiffs’ patents-in-suit invalid in separate proceedings before the PTAB, so that the federal litigation could move forward concerning only their trade secret misappropriation claims, but Judge Arpert determined that the pending stay should not be lifted and thus the motion must be denied. Judge Martinotti then affirmed Judge Arpert’s ruling on appeal.
Johnson // Becker, PLLC Reports Stacy Hauer Appointed to Plaintiffs Executive Committee of Elmiron MDL For Elmiron Lawsuits
Stacy Hauer, partner at Johnson // Becker, PLLC, has been appointed by the Honorable Judge Brian Martinotti of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to the Plaintiffs Executive Committee ( PEC ) of the recently formed MDL for Elmiron lawsuits and patients who experienced vision injuries following their use of the drug, Elmiron.
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Johnson // Becker, PLLC is pleased to announce Stacy Hauer, a partner at Johnson // Becker, PLLC, has been appointed to the Plaintiffs Executive Committee ( PEC ) of the recently formed Elmiron MDL. The Elmiron MDL is centralized before the Honorable Judge Brian Martinotti of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in