             COUNSEL

Timothy J. O’Driscoll (argued) and Stephen C. Baker,
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Marshall L. Baker, Matthew J. Adler, Alan J. Lazarus, and
Michael J. Stortz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San
Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert Bramson (argued) and Jennifer S. Rosenberg,
Bramson Plutzik Mahler & Birkhaeuser LLP, Walnut Creek,
California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas A. Evans, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco,
California; Lisa Tate, Vice President, Litigation & Associate
General Counsel, American Council of Life Insurers,
Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae American Council of
Life Insurers.

Laura L. Geist and Andrew S. Azarmi, Dentons US LLP, San
Francisco, California; Brad Wenger, Association of
California Life and Health Insurance Companies,
Sacramento, California; for Amicus Curiae Association of
California Life and Health Insurance Companies.


       



Newark, New Jersey: A massive new mixed-use development could be coming to several properties in Newark's Central Ward.





City records show that Claremont Properties, Inc., of Far Hills, Somerset County, is planning a new project with office, retail, collegiate space, parking, and potential other uses on 17 lots along Central Avenue, Dey Street, and Lock Street in University Heights. All of the lots are currently owned by the City of Newark and are used for a variety of purposes. While some, such as 37 Lock Street, are vacant tracts, other properties like 23 Lock Street contain faculty and staff parking lots for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Around the corner, a large building, a garage, and a parking lot used by the Newark Department of Water and