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Paulsboro school board paid $30,000 to settle student’s “unrelenting” bullying lawsuit.

On September 20, 2023, Superior Court Judge Anne McDonnell approved a $30,000 settlement in favor of a Paulsboro Junior High School student who claimed that he suffered “unrelenting harassment, intimidation, and bullying” by a group of students during his 2018-19 school year and that school officials did nothing to stop it. The father of the […]

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$100 Ethics Fine Waived Against Deputy Mayor of Burlington County Township; Township Foots $1,376 in Legal Costs. Police Chief Cleared on Unrelated Ethics Charge.

On July 28, 2023, after a four-year investigation, the Local Finance Board (LFB), the primary enforcer of the New Jersey Local Government Ethics Law (LGEL), levied a $100 fine against the current deputy mayor of a Burlington County township but waived the fine because the Board found that she had reasonably relied on the advice […]

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Voorhees Police Chief Challenges $1,500 Ethics Fine; Three Township Officials Cleared of Ethics Complaints

In an August 23, 2023 letter, Voorhees (Camden County, NJ) Police Chief Louis Bordi’s attorney challenged three alleged ethics violations and $1,500 in fines, asserting that Bordi had been wrongfully accused of recommending a lieutenant promotion for his wife and the hiring of his son and nephew as police officers. In its July 28, 2023 […]

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Ex-Gloucester County township committeeman and fire commissioner fined $1,750 for ethics violations.

On July 28, 2023, after a four-year investigation, the Local Finance Board (LFB), the primary enforcer of the New Jersey Local Government Ethics Law (LGEL), levied fines totaling $1,750 against a former township committee member and fire commissioner based on voting to allocate public funds to a company he was employed by. According to its […]

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Rutgers Quietly Settles 2018 Lawsuit Alleging Professor’s Sexual Assault of Student for $375,000.

On April 13, 2023, Rutgers University quietly paid $375,000 to settle a 2018 lawsuit filed by a graduate student who claimed that a University professor “abused his position of authority to sexually assault and harass [her] ultimately coercing her into a seemingly ‘consensual’ relationship,” an allegation that the professor vehemently denies. (See update below, showing […]