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PQA wins $233,000 fee award against chiro who engaged in delaying tactics

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:35:31 +0000

On April 23, 2010, the Honorable Robert J. Brennan, J.S.C., Morris County, sided with PQA attorney Kathy Waldron and ordered the chiropractor, who is the lead defendant in a 6-year-old suit brought under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, to reimburse PQA’s insurer client $233,323.39 in legal fees and costs incurred in connection with a motion for partial summary judgment. The Appellate Division had remanded the case for a re-hearing on the summary judgment motion, but granted PQA leave to seek fees on behalf of its client, because of the extraordinary circumstances created by the defendant’s pattern of delay and obfuscation in the litigation.

Pringle joins Governor Corzine, Commissioner Dilts and other NJ transportation officials at opening of widened Driscoll Bridge

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:21:13 +0000

PQA Partner and Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle joined Governor Jon S. Corzine, NJDOT Commissioner Stephen Dilts, Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John Wiesniewski, Highway Authority Commissioner Michael Dupont and other transportation officials at a press conference on May 21, 2009 marking the completion of the $225 million construction project to widen the Garden State Parkway’s Driscoll Bridge. The Driscoll Bridge now has more lanes of traffic than any bridge in the nation, and will be able to accommodate 300,000 vehicles a day. Pringle, who is also a member of the 7-person Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit, spoke about the benefits the project will confer on the Jersey Shore and its tourism industry.

PQA Wins Dismissal of $245 Million Suit

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:59:58 +0000

PQA won a stunning victory on April 22, 2009 in a civil matter pending before Judge Daniel M. Waldman in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Monmouth County, in which the plaintiffs were seeking $245 million in damages from PQA’s client. PQA was retained in July 2008 to defend a client in a highly-publicized case brought in Monmouth County by the shareholders of a subsidiary of his former employer, an international securities firm that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange.
The suit alleged a breach of fiduciary duty and claimed damages in the amount of $245 million, which the plaintiffs’ contended was the loss in the value of their shares attributable to the alleged breach. The allegations in the New Jersey action mirrored allegations that were the subject of an earlier filed New York matter as well as those asserted in an arbitration proceeding before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). PQA’s client was separately represented in those matters by Stephen Harmon and Matthew Aaronson, Esquires, of the New York City office of Troutman Sanders, LLP.
Before the plaintiffs could commence discovery in New Jersey, PQA moved to dismiss the New Jersey action on three grounds: (1) the filing of the suit in New Jersey violated the forum selection clauses contained in the shareholders agreement, option agreement and employment contract to which the parties were bound; (2) the New Jersey court should defer to the courts of New York pursuant to the first-filed doctrine, as recently enunciated by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Sensient Colors, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co., Inc., 193 N.J. 373 (2008); and (3) the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring their claims against PQA’s client because the claims they asserted were derivative of the claims of the corporation of which they were shareholders, and could only be brought directly by that entity.
On April 22, 2009, Judge Waldman handed down a 31-page opinion, deciding in favor of PQA’s client on each of the above three issues, and dismissing the case in its entirety. PQA Managing Partner Ken Pringle argued the motion before the Court, and was assisted on the brief by PQA Associate Denise O’Hara.

Anzano Honored by Brain Injury Association

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:48:10 +0000

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has announced that it will honor PQA Partner and Hopewell Mayor Paul Anzano at its Annual Gala on March 10, 2009. Mr. Anzano is being recognized for his leadership in spearheading the effort to obtain passage of the law creating the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (“TBI”), which has served as the payor of last resort for thousands of New Jersey citizens with brain injury. Paul has long been active with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, and is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Community Health Law Project. The Brain Injury Association Gala will be held at the Marriott Hanover, and Rebecca “Becky” Quick, the co-anchor of CNBC’s signature morning program, “Squawk Box,” will serve as the MC for the event.

PQA files $24.3 million lawsuit

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:10:48 +0000

PQA filed today a 42-count, $24.3 million lawsuit against 64 defendants on behalf of a Fortune 100 insurance company.
The suit alleges a complex automobile insurance fraud scheme involving 15 medical facilities and more than 45 other defendants, including physicians and an attorney. The suit alleges that certain of the defendants violated the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act and New Jersey’s civil Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization (“RICO”) law through a scheme that involved the recruiting and referrals of claimants to treat at healthcare facilities in exchange for money and exaggerated testing results that would justify further treatments.

Eleventh Annual Insurance Fraud Summit

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:20:02 +0000

On October 7, 2008 PQA managing partner Ken Pringle delivered introductory remarks to a group of more than 250 representatives of the insurance industry and law enforcement assembled at the War Memorial in Trenton for the Eleventh Annual Insurance Fraud Summit. The summit is jointly sponsored by New Jersey’s Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, the Insurance Council of New Jersey and the New Jersey Special Investigators Association (NJSIA). Pringle serves as General Counsel to the NJSIA.

PQA named to “Top NJ Lawyer-Lobbyists” List by the New Jersey Law Journal

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:15:59 +0000

The New Jersey Law Journal recently ranked PQA number 5 on its list of “Top NJ Lawyer-Lobbyists.” PQA represents a broad range of lobbying clients, with particular emphasis on the banking, insurance, healthcare and telecommunications industries. PQA’s ranking in this year’s list reflects an increase from No. 6 in 2007.

Blue Planet

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:48:48 +0000

April 1, 2008 PQA partner Ken Pringle was a panelist on alternative energy at the first annual Blue Planet Summit on Oahu, Hawaii, sponsored by the non-profit, Blue Planet Foundation. His panel was moderated by CNN journalist Frank Sesno, and included environmental activist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Nobel Prize-winning climatologist Dr. Stephen H. Schneider; former CIA head R. James Woolsey; and New York Times reporter and DOT Earth blogger, Andrew C. Revkin.

http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/01/news/story15.html

Money Laundering & Insurance Fraud

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:48:11 +0000

On March 10, 2008, PQA partner Ken Pringle gave a seminar entitled, “Money Laundering and Insurance Fraud” at the 2008 ISO Insurance Fraud Managers Conference in San Diego, CA.