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State Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday January 12, 2025 ( 26 items )  

Barnes & Noble Opens New Store in Bellevue01/08/2025
LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Jan. 8 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release: [Category: BizMedia] Grand Opening at 10AM on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Bellevue, WA - January 8, 2025 - Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its Bellevue bookstore at 10AM PT on Wednesday, January 15 th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in Bellevue Square (1140 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 98004), on the first floor, next t  more

Johnson & Johnson MedTech Announces CE Mark Approval for Dual Energy Thermocool Smarttouch SF Catheter
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * The Dual Energy THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Catheter offers electrophysiologists the ability to switch between radiofrequency and pulsed field energy in a single, fully integrated catheter CE Mark supported by the SmartfIRE study on the Dual Energy THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Catheter for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib) Additional milestones announced include complete   more

Johnson & Johnson Statement on Varipulse U.S. External Evaluation
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following agency statement on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, the health and safety of our patients is our top priority. On January 5, out of an abundance of caution, Johnson & Johnson MedTech temporarily paused the U.S. External Evaluation and all U.S. VARIPULSE cases while we investigate the root cause of four reported neurovascular events in the U.S. External Evaluation. As the U.S. External Evaluation le  more

Johnson & Johnson's Posdinemab and Tau Active Immunotherapy Receive U.S. FDA Fast Track Designations for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * Building on decades of the Company's Alzheimer's research, two differentiated investigational therapies aim to slow pathological tau in distinct populations Fast Track designations reinforce J&J's commitment to Alzheimer's disease development and the potential of its precision approach * * * TITUSVILLE, N.J., January 8, 2025 -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that the U.  more

Johnson & Johnson: Nipocalimab Granted U.S. FDA Priority Review for the Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * Biologics License Application acceptance supported by results from the Phase 3 Vivacity-MG3 study Results demonstrate sustained disease control over 24 weeks in a broad population of antibody positive adult patients: anti-AChR, anti-MuSK, anti-LRP4 * * * SPRING HOUSE, Pa., (January 9, 2025) - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced the nipocalimab Biologics License Application (  more

Johnson and Johnson: Rybrevant Plus Lacluze Shows Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Overall Survival Versus Osimertinib
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * Median overall survival improvement expected to exceed one year First and only regimen with a survival benefit over current standard of care in first-line treatment of EGFR-mutated lung cancer * * * RARITAN, N.J., January 7, 2025 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) today announced positive topline results for the gold standard endpoint in cancer treatment of overall survival (OS) from the P  more

Jones Lang LaSalle: Construction Loan Secured for Jersey City Self-Storage Development
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 8 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets led the financing efforts for Liberty Storage Center, which will offer 103,530 SF of storage space in a supply constrained market * * * MORRISTOWN, N.J., Jan. 7, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged construction financing for Liberty Storage Center, a 103,530-square-foot, to-be-built self-storage facility in   more

Monmouth University: UCI Oyster Reef Bolsters Naval Weapons Station Earle's Natural Defenses While Restoring Environment
WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Meredith Comi reefs what she sows. Beneath a pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Leonardo, five temperature-controlled tanks full of brackish Raritan Bay water serve as nurseries for millions of oyster larvae. Comi, the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute's (UCI) coastal resilience and restoration practitioner, monitors as they bond to submerged concrete blocks, called oyster castles, and gr  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce New Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination, Creation of Civil Rights Innovation Lab
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2025: * * * New Guidance Explains How Civil Rights Laws Apply to Advanced Technologies; Civil Rights Innovation Lab Will Leverage Technology to Protect Civil Rights * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR has launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative to address the risks of discrimination and bias-  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin Announces Nationwide Edward Jones Settlement
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * Multistate Investigation Finds Supervisory Failures During Brokerage Account Conversions to Advisory Accounts * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau of Securities has joined a $17 million nationwide multistate settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (Edward Jones) resulting from a p  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin, AG James Stop No-Poach Agreements at Building Services Companies
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Guardian and Planned Will End No-Poach Agreements That Suppress Wages and Limit Competition * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced settlements with Guardian Service Industries, Inc. ("Guardian"), and Planned Building Services, Inc. ("Planned"), as well as Planned's affiliated companies, concerning the u  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin: Clark Township Mayor Pleads Guilty for Using Town Employees to Run His Private Business and Submitting Forged Documents, Forfeits Office
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that Salvatore Bonaccorso, the longtime mayor of Clark Township, pleaded guilty today in connection with his use of Clark employees for his privat  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin: State Board of Medical Examiners Revokes License of Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Conceal and Harbor Undocumented Women From India as Household Servants
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the State Board of Medical Examiners has permanently revoked the medical license of a Central Jersey physician facing 27 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to illegally recruit, conceal, and harbor two women from India to be household servants for low pay.   more

N.Y. A.G. James, N.J. A.G. Platkin Announce 2nd Settlement Stopping No-Poach Agreements in Building Services Industry
ALBANY, New York, Jan. 7 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * Planned Building Services Will End No-Poach Agreements That Suppress Wages and Limit Competition * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin today announced a settlement with Planned Building Services, Inc. and its related companies (Planned) for using illegal no-poach agreements that can lower employees' wag  more

Nellie Pou Joins 159 House Dems in Voting Against Bill That Could Have Prevented Laken Riley's Murder
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Nellie Pou, a Trump district Democrat, just joined with 159 House Democrats to vote against detaining illegal migrants accused of theft or burglary -- a bill that would have prevented Laken Riley's murder. NRCC National Press Secretary Will Reinert said: "It's striking that one of Nellie Pou's first votes in Congress is against keeping New Jersey families safe. Pou wants an America where illegal mi  more

New Wiley Partnership With M3 Digital Communications to Expand Reach of Medical Education Programs
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- Wiley issued the following news release: Wiley (NYSE: WLY), one of the world's largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, continues to expand the reach of its medical education programs through a new partnership with M3 Digital Communications. This new partnership will enable Wiley's medical education programs to reach a larger target audience of Japanese medical professionals. M3 Digital Communications is part of the M3 Group Japan, which  more

Pearson and Cebr Research: pound sterling8.7 Billion Benefit for UK Economy From Investment in Technology in Schools
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 9 -- Pearson Education issued the following news release: LONDON - An annual investment of approximately pound sterling130 million a year in technology in schools over the next decade would deliver an economic benefit to the UK of up to pound sterling8.7 billion. For every pound sterling1 invested, technology in schools would bring a return of up to pound sterling7.90, benefiting both the education sector and the growth of the economy. These findings are from a new re  more

Princeton School of Public & International Affairs: Kahneman-Treisman Center Initiative Assists Students, Scholars in Applying Behavioral Science to Research
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: A few years ago, in a paper published in Science, researchers showed that reminders beforehand were more effective in getting criminal defendants to show up for court appearances than the deterrent threat of arrests for failing to appear. One of the researchers was Anuj Shah, a new associate professor of psychology and public affairs in Princeton School of Publi  more

Princeton School of Public & International Affairs: Research Record - Estimating the Collapse of Afghanistan's Economy Using Nightlights Data
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs issued the following Research Record series highlights on Jan. 6, 2025: Princeton SPIA's Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life. If you'd like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here (https://wkf.ms/3Haap7f) and select "research project." *  more

Rutgers University Camden: A Game of Chance is Changing Lives and Changing America
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: * * * History professor's recent book, which probes the vagaries of the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery and exposes broader immigration issues, has won two significant awards. * * * By Eileen Reinhard Rutgers University-Camden Assistant Professor of History Carly Goodman appears to have written the right book at the right time. Her double award-winning Dreamland: America's Immigration Lottery in   more

Rutgers: Bioengineered Blood Vessels Show Promise in Trauma Care
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith A new type of bioengineered blood vessel showed strong results in treating severe vascular injuries, potentially offering vascular surgeons a better alternative to synthetic grafts when patients' veins aren't suitable for use in repairs. In a phase II trial at Rutgers Health and other institutions, the bioengineered vessels demonstrated superior infection resistance and better limb pres  more

Rutgers: Non-Opioid Pain Relievers Beat Opioids After Dental Surgery
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith A combination of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) controls pain after wisdom tooth removal better than opioids, according to a Rutgers Health study that could change how dentists treat post-surgical pain. The trial in more than 1,800 patients found that those given a combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen experienced less pain, better sleep and higher satisfacti  more

Rutgers: Zimmerli Celebrates Native American Artists With "Indigenous Identities"
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2025: * * * The museum's latest exhibition features 97 artists who represent more than 50 Indigenous nations and communities throughout North America * * * By Mike Lucas The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University-New Brunswick stands within Lenapehoking, the historical territory of the Lenni-Lenape people.  The past melds with the present in February when the Zimmerli hosts Indigenous Identit  more

Stevens Institute of Technology: Weaponized Disinformation Poses Serious Threat to Urban Transit Systems
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * AI model reveals critical vulnerabilities in mass transit networks * * * As every straphanger knows, public transit systems are fantastic--except when they aren't. A single station closure can ruin a commuter's morning, and even minor delays or disruptions can snowball into major problems as thousands of passengers rush to find alternate routes, straining other parts of the transit networ  more

Wellness Inventory by Rutgers Researchers Receives Empirically Valid 'Gold Star'
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 8, 2025, with Margaret Swarbrick, a professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology: * * * The stamp of approval will make it easier for health care providers and support workers to use the assessment tool in their treatment planning * * * By Greg Bruno Margaret "Peggy" Swarbrick has spent her career helping people help themselves. In 1997, she developed the Wellness Mo  more

With 100 Million Digital Credentials Issued Through Credly, Pearson Fosters a Future-Proof Workforce for Enterprises in the AI Era and Beyond
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 8 -- Pearson Education issued the following news release: Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, marks a pivotal milestone in its commitment to provide high-quality, meaningful credentials in a skills-based economy. The company's digital credential platform, Credly, issued its 100 millionth unique badge. The World Economic Forum predicts the average lifespan of a skill will drop from six years to 2.5 years by 2030, requiring a more agile approac  more