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- Title Insurance Buyers Can Sue Under N.J. Consumer Fraud Act, Judge Rules
- Judge Who Doubled As Prosecutor Hit With Ethics Charges
- Judges Pension Dispute Making A Beeline for State's High Court
- Law Firm Hit With Racketeering Suit Over Alleged Improper Foreclosures
- Lawyer's Decamping from Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqalified
- Occupy Trenton Goes to Court To Block Seizure of Property From Protest Site
- Minor Bringing Domestic Violence Case Entitled to Counsel if Defendant Has One
- Lawyer Faces Discipline for False Claim on Website
- Adequacy of Accutane Labeling at Stake in Product Liability Case
- Court Mulls Federal Fee-Shifting Rule That Could Spell Doom for Rendine
- Million-Dollar Default Judgment Upheld Against Lawyer in Bank Collection Suit
- Class-Action Suit Over T.G.I. Friday's Silent Drink Pricing Can Go Forward
- Prior Owner's Assent Does Not Defeat Inverse Condemnation Suit, Court Says
- Attorney Given 'Strong Censure' for Facilitating Bogus Mortgage Rescue
- Legal Fee Availability Tested for Case Subject to Seminal Arbitration Ruling
- Wyeth Abused Patent Process To Delay Release of Generic Effexor, Suit Says
- 'Thumbs Up' in Criminal Case Weighed As Possible Furtherance of Conspiracy
- Judge Says No Specialty Required For Legal Malpractice Affidavit of Merit
- Voiding of Pension Reform For Judges Riles Christie, Who Upbraids Judiciary
- One Malpractice Lawyer's Blog Post About Another Draws Defamation Suit
- Suit Drags on Against the Lawyer Who Wrote the Book On Legal Malpractice
- No Prejudice in Reviving Suit Plagued By Plaintiffs' Communications Rift
- Bus Operator Sanctioned for Claiming Rutgers Broke State Bidding Laws
- Juror's Pro-Tort-Reform Outburst Not A Basis for Mistrial; No-Cause Upheld
- Ousted Chamber of Commerce Official Sues, Alleging 'Old Boys Club' Sex Bias
- No Gender Bias Found in Workplace Rife With Crude, 'Boorish' Language
- Possible Pretextual Grounds for Firing Raise Question for Jury, Court Says
- No Civil Remedy for Public Defender Attacked by Client at Mental Hospital
- Circuit Court Orders More Scrutiny of Deal Conditioning PTI on Suit Waiver
Title Insurance Buyers Can Sue Under N.J. Consumer Fraud Act, Judge Rules | Top |
Title insurance meets the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act's definition of a consumer product, even though it's usually not bought directly by the insureds, a federal judge holds in what appears to be the first ruling on point. | |
Judge Who Doubled As Prosecutor Hit With Ethics Charges | Top |
A municipal judge who declined criminal defendants' requests for a public defender and then tried their case without a prosecutor — at times acting like one — is facing stinging ethics charges. | |
Judges Pension Dispute Making A Beeline for State's High Court | Top |
The constitutional battle over whether New Jersey judges can be made to pay more for health insurance and pensions seems to be on a fast track to the state Supreme Court. | |
Law Firm Hit With Racketeering Suit Over Alleged Improper Foreclosures | Top |
A putative class-action racketeering suit has been filed against a Mount Laurel law firm that was made an example of last year when the judiciary took action against robo-signing and other improper foreclosure practices. | |
Lawyer's Decamping from Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqalified | Top |
Side-switching by a defense lawyer in a federal employment discrimination suit has led to disqualification of the plaintiffs' firm, even she was there only about a month. | |
Occupy Trenton Goes to Court To Block Seizure of Property From Protest Site | Top |
Occupy Trenton, which has kept up a presence in a public park across from the Statehouse for three weeks, is trying to convince a state judge to stop police from confiscating its cameras, protest signs and other items. | |
Minor Bringing Domestic Violence Case Entitled to Counsel if Defendant Has One | Top |
A juvenile domestic violence plaintiff has a right to court-appointed counsel when an adult defendant is represented by a private attorney, a trial judge holds in a case of first impression. | |
Lawyer Faces Discipline for False Claim on Website | Top |
The state Supreme Court is considering whether to sanction an attorney whose cousin jazzed up the firm's website using the seal of the New Jersey Board of Attorney Certification, though no attorney there was certified. | |
Adequacy of Accutane Labeling at Stake in Product Liability Case | Top |
The state Supreme Court is considering how far a pharmaceutical company need go in warning consumers about the possible side effects of their drugs in order to be shielded from suit under the Products Liability Act. | |
Court Mulls Federal Fee-Shifting Rule That Could Spell Doom for Rendine | Top |
The state Supreme Court takes up whether to adopt a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sharply curtails trial judges' power to enhance counsel fees in cases that might never have been filed but for fee-shifting rules. | |
Million-Dollar Default Judgment Upheld Against Lawyer in Bank Collection Suit | Top |
A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $1 million default judgment against a lawyer who failed to lodge a timely challenge to a bank's collection suit, finding no excusable neglect. | |
Class-Action Suit Over T.G.I. Friday's Silent Drink Pricing Can Go Forward | Top |
An appellate ruling keeps alive a putative class action claiming T.G.I. Friday's violates New Jersey consumer protection laws by failing to post alcoholic and soft drink prices. | |
Prior Owner's Assent Does Not Defeat Inverse Condemnation Suit, Court Says | Top |
A lot owner's claim of inverse condemnation due to the municipality's subdivision plan should not have been rejected due to the assent of his predecessor in title, a state appeals court rules. | |
Attorney Given 'Strong Censure' for Facilitating Bogus Mortgage Rescue | Top |
A real estate attorney held liable for his conduct in a bogus sale-and-leaseback deal has been censured, though ethics authorities stopped short of finding him complicit. | |
Legal Fee Availability Tested for Case Subject to Seminal Arbitration Ruling | Top |
A case in federal court in Trenton poses whether plaintiffs whose suits are dismissed after years of litigation in wake of a recent pro-arbitration U.S. Supreme Court ruling might nevertheless be entitled to legal fees. | |
Wyeth Abused Patent Process To Delay Release of Generic Effexor, Suit Says | Top |
A putative class action charges Wyeth Inc. with violating antitrust and consumer protection laws by impeding the introduction of a generic version of its antidepressant Effexor XR. | |
'Thumbs Up' in Criminal Case Weighed As Possible Furtherance of Conspiracy | Top |
The state Supreme Court is wrestling with the legal significance and admissibility of a 'thumbs up' by one criminal defendant to another. | |
Judge Says No Specialty Required For Legal Malpractice Affidavit of Merit | Top |
A lawyer providing an affidavit of merit in a legal malpractice suit need not be in the same practice area as the lawyer sued, a Hunterdon County judge has ruled in a case that seems destined for resolution on appeal. | |
Voiding of Pension Reform For Judges Riles Christie, Who Upbraids Judiciary | Top |
A ruling that the new pension reform law is unconstitutional as applied to judges sparked a broadside by Gov. Chris Christie against the authoring judge &mdash and judges at large. | |
One Malpractice Lawyer's Blog Post About Another Draws Defamation Suit | Top |
A suit in Morris County appears to be the first instance in New Jersey of one legal malpractice attorney suing another for defamation over criticism in a blog posting. | |
Suit Drags on Against the Lawyer Who Wrote the Book On Legal Malpractice | Top |
Hilton Stein, the once dean of legal -malpractice lawyers who went bankrupt and has been on disability inactive status since 2002, is fighting to stave off trial of a nearly 10-year-old suit by a former client. | |
No Prejudice in Reviving Suit Plagued By Plaintiffs' Communications Rift | Top |
A communication breakdown between two plaintiffs' lawyers is not reason enough to bar reinstatement of a suit over an automobile accident, even one that occurred six years ago, a state appeals court rules. | |
Bus Operator Sanctioned for Claiming Rutgers Broke State Bidding Laws | Top |
The head of a commuter bus line displaced from a contract with Rutgers University has been sanctioned for lodging a frivolous suit against the school. | |
Juror's Pro-Tort-Reform Outburst Not A Basis for Mistrial; No-Cause Upheld | Top |
A juror's statement that he favored tort reform was not prejudicial enough to warrant a mistrial, a state appeals court holds in affirming a no-cause verdict in an automobile-negligence case. | |
Ousted Chamber of Commerce Official Sues, Alleging 'Old Boys Club' Sex Bias | Top |
A former New Jersey Chamber of Commerce executive is suing the business advocacy and lobbying group, claiming it harbors a "culture of intoxication" that fosters lewd behavior toward female employees. | |
No Gender Bias Found in Workplace Rife With Crude, 'Boorish' Language | Top |
Abrasive and impolite comments by a manager or co-workers may make for an unpleasant workplace, but if it's directed toward everyone, it's not actionable under the state Law Against Discrimination, an appeals court says. | |
Possible Pretextual Grounds for Firing Raise Question for Jury, Court Says | Top |
Whether an employee was fired for disloyalty or because she occasionally nodded off at work due to sleep apnea is a question for a jury, a state appeals court rules. | |
No Civil Remedy for Public Defender Attacked by Client at Mental Hospital | Top |
A public defender attacked by her client, a patient at a mental hospital, has no viable federal constitutional rights claim against the state, an appeals court rules. | |
Circuit Court Orders More Scrutiny of Deal Conditioning PTI on Suit Waiver | Top |
A federal appeals court has declined to enforce a deal by which a state criminal defendant was admitted to pretrial intervention in exchange for waiving his right to sue the police. | |
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