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Norcross pleads not guilty in first court appearance

July 9, 2024 3:37 pmJuly 9, 2024 5:04 pm

George E. Norcross III, one of the most powerful people in New Jersey politics for the last 35 years, today pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges in a 13-count state indictment alleging that he manipulated development deals along the Camden...

Murphy to nominate John Hoffman to N.J. Supreme Court

June 8, 2024 11:05 amJune 10, 2024 7:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce on Monday that he will nominate John Jay Hoffman, a former acting attorney general of New Jersey and the general counsel of Rutgers University for the last eight years, to serve as an...

Christie, Chiesa, Porrino join new DuHaime firm

May 23, 2022 11:49 amMay 23, 2022 1:08 pm

Former Gov. Chris Christie and former U.S. Senator Jeff Chiesa are joining Mike DuHaime’s new public affairs firm, MAD Global, as members of their advisory board. Former Attorney General Christopher Porrino is also taking an advisory board position at the...

Ex-Chief Justices, attorneys general endorse Platkin for AG

February 3, 2022 4:37 pmFebruary 4, 2022 9:30 am

In a vast display of support from the state’s legal elite, a group of former Supreme Court Chief Justices and state attorneys general have today endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as the next Attorney General of New...

The O’Toole Chronicles: Lawyers with that Winning Edge

August 31, 2021 12:01 amAugust 31, 2021 1:01 pm

In addition to my various public positions, I have practiced law for more than 30 years, giving me the opportunity to interact with all types of lawyers. Fortunately or unfortunately, I have interacted with literally thousands of lawyers. I have...

N.J. hasn’t tossed an incumbent U.S. Senator in a general in 78 years

April 22, 2020 2:19 pmApril 22, 2020 8:39 pm

Democrat Cory Booker has some factors working for him as he seeks re-election to the United States Senate this year: strong favorables from the gold standard of independent pollsters; more than $2 million raised less than three months after ending...

Despite website flap, Grewal sticking with Bramnick

October 17, 2019 8:39 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is still planning to attend a forum planned and led by Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick next week, his spokesperson said today. Grewal will appear on a panel Bramnick organized on “Hate Speech & Division in...