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- 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
| 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 the question 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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