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- RICO Charges Revived Against Former Prosecutor Accused of Witness Murder
- Three Named for Superior Court, Six for Municipal Courts
- Dow Defends Hiring of Outside Counsel, Vows To Scale Down
- Court Upholds Indictment Based on Intern's Grand Jury Presentment
- Lawyer Disciplined for Accumulating Debt on Trusting Client's Credit Card
- No Bar to In-House Counsel Recovering Taxed Legal Fees in Special Civil Part
- U.S. Emergency Care Law Pre-empts State Restriction on Cardiac Surgery
- Middleman in Insider Trading Scheme Tied to BigLaw M&A Attorney Pleads Guilty
- N.J. Court May Try Injury Suit Arising From Auto Accident in South Africa
- Proposal Would Let Firms Be Named for Services Rendered
- Municipal Judge Reprimanded for Use Of Office To Influence a Private Dispute
- Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Charged in $109M Insider Investment Scheme
- Foreclosure Notice Found Deficient for Naming Only Loan Servicer, Not Lender
- Secretary Candidates Skirmish Over Campaign Use of Bar E-mail, Listservs
- Lawyer With a Disciplinary History Is Censured for Accosting Federal Agent
- Bank Claim Sheds Light on Lawyers' Contest Over Fees in Prudential Suit
- Minor, Former Prosecutor and Judge, Pleads Guilty in Witness Bribery Case
- Stein, One-Time Legal Malpractice Dean, Can't Shake Loose of Claim Against Him
- Bill Would Stanch Suits Against Court-Appointed Psychiatrists, Psychologists
- Hearing Ordered on Reliability of Alcotest Calibration Thermometer
- Private Prosecutions Per Se Illegal in New Jersey, Appeals Court Rules
- Tax Collectors' Time Off Can't Be Cut, And the Issue Is for Courts, Not PERC
- Federal Suit Over Town's Policy Against 'Stationhouse Adjustments' Can Proceed
| RICO Charges Revived Against Former Prosecutor Accused of Witness Murder | Top |
| A U.S. appeals court has reinstated racketeering charges against Paul Bergrin, a New Jersey criminal defense attorney and ex-prosecutor accused of masterminding crimes that included arranging the murder of a government witness. | |
| Three Named for Superior Court, Six for Municipal Courts | Top |
| Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday made three nominations for Superior Court judgeships, along with six nominations to joint municipal courts. | |
| Dow Defends Hiring of Outside Counsel, Vows To Scale Down | Top |
| Despite efforts to keep work in-house, the Department of Law and Public Safety spent $21 million on outside counsel in 2010, a slight hike over the year before, Attorney General Paula Dow told lawmakers reviewing the department's proposed $555.4 million budget. | |
| Court Upholds Indictment Based on Intern's Grand Jury Presentment | Top |
| A state appeals court has approved use of law-student interns to present grand jury indictments so long as prosecutors supervise them and comply with a court rule governing their appearance. | |
| Lawyer Disciplined for Accumulating Debt on Trusting Client's Credit Card | Top |
| A Montclair solo has been reprimanded for running up a high balance on the credit card of an elderly, blind client and allowing the account to fall into arrears. | |
| No Bar to In-House Counsel Recovering Taxed Legal Fees in Special Civil Part | Top |
| Retail-installment creditors can recover legal fees taxed in small-claims court even when they rely on in-house counsel, to collect a debt, an appeals court rules in a precedential decision. | |
| U.S. Emergency Care Law Pre-empts State Restriction on Cardiac Surgery | Top |
| A federal law requiring life-saving treatment supersedes a hospital's obligation to obtain a state certificate of need before performing angioplasties, an administrative law judge rules. | |
| Middleman in Insider Trading Scheme Tied to BigLaw M&A Attorney Pleads Guilty | Top |
| The previously unnamed middleman in an alleged insider-trading scheme involving a BigLaw mergers and acquisitions attorney admits his role in a federal courtroom. | |
| N.J. Court May Try Injury Suit Arising From Auto Accident in South Africa | Top |
| A New Jersey man severely injured in an automobile accident while on a business trip to South Africa may sue in a Bergen County court, the state Supreme Court rules. | |
| Proposal Would Let Firms Be Named for Services Rendered | Top |
| The Supreme Court appears ready to let law firms adopt names describing their services so long as they include an individual lawyer's name as well. | |
| Municipal Judge Reprimanded for Use Of Office To Influence a Private Dispute | Top |
| A municipal judge received a public reprimand Thursday for misusing the power of his office to gain an advantage in private litigation with a high school student who dented his car in a parking lot. | |
| Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Charged in $109M Insider Investment Scheme | Top |
| A BigLaw mergers and acquisitions attorney stole confidential firm information in an insider trading scheme that netted him and two accomplices $32 million in illicit profits over a 17-year span, federal prosecutors charge. | |
| Foreclosure Notice Found Deficient for Naming Only Loan Servicer, Not Lender | Top |
| Homeowners fighting foreclosure have a new weapon: a published trial court ruling that the notice required by law to be sent to mortgagors by certified mail must identify the lender and not just the loan servicing company. | |
| Secretary Candidates Skirmish Over Campaign Use of Bar E-mail, Listservs | Top |
| In the contested election for State Bar Association secretary, the first rung on the ladder to the presidency, Angela White Dalton and Ivette Alvarez are tussling over the use of State Bar e-mail systems for campaign purposes. | |
| Lawyer With a Disciplinary History Is Censured for Accosting Federal Agent | Top |
| A lawyer who accosted a federal agent at his law office warrants a censure, even though the act was unrelated to the practice of law, the Disciplinary Review Board says in a report adopted by the state Supreme Court. | |
| Bank Claim Sheds Light on Lawyers' Contest Over Fees in Prudential Suit | Top |
| A fight over fees provided by a confidential settlement of a suit by Prudential Life Ins. Co. employees against the company has spilled out into the open, as a bank that loaned money to one of the lawyers, with his contingent fees as collateral, tries to enforce a $10.3 million judgment against him. | |
| Minor, Former Prosecutor and Judge, Pleads Guilty in Witness Bribery Case | Top |
| Former Essex County prosecutor and Newark municipal judge Clifford Minor pleads guilty to federal charges related to accepting $3,500 to arrange a false criminal confession. | |
| Stein, One-Time Legal Malpractice Dean, Can't Shake Loose of Claim Against Him | Top |
| Hilton Stein, who literally wrote the book on how to sue one's lawyer, has not practiced since 2002 but is still on the hook for an unhappy client's nearly 10-year-old claim against him. | |
| Bill Would Stanch Suits Against Court-Appointed Psychiatrists, Psychologists | Top |
| State lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it more difficult for litigants to sue mental health professionals appointed to assist family courts in determining child custody and visitation issues. | |
| Hearing Ordered on Reliability of Alcotest Calibration Thermometer | Top |
| A state appeals panel holds that further evidence is needed to determine whether a thermometer used to calibrate the Alcotest passes muster with a state Supreme Court mandate — though the judges hinted that it probably does. | |
| Private Prosecutions Per Se Illegal in New Jersey, Appeals Court Rules | Top |
| A state appeals court on Thursday slammed the door on private prosecutions in New Jersey, ruling that they violate public policy. | |
| Tax Collectors' Time Off Can't Be Cut, And the Issue Is for Courts, Not PERC | Top |
| Revocation of a tax collector's paid vacation, sick and personal time is the same as a salary reduction that is prohibited by statute, a state appeals court holds. | |
| Federal Suit Over Town's Policy Against 'Stationhouse Adjustments' Can Proceed | Top |
| A putative class action can proceed against a town that allegedly disobeyed a state attorney general's directive that police offer diversionary treatment to teenagers charged with first-time alcohol- or drug-related offenses. | |
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