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- Shwartz Nominated for Third Circuit in Unusual Leap for Magistrate Judge
- Juror Is Spared Sanctions for Doing Internet Research in Sex-Crime Trial
- Court Mulls City Liability for Lapses by 9-1-1 Call Center
- Oral Palimony Pact Upheld in One of Last Cases Before Statute Of Frauds
- Lawyer Admonished for Not Protecting Trust Accounts Looted by State Worker
- Judicial Ethics Flouted by Surrogate's Hosting of Fundraiser, ACJC Charges
- Police-Brutality Victim's $2.7M Award Slashed for Lack of Permanent Injury
- LAD Suit Was Wrongly Dismissed on Ground That Accused Wasn't a Boss
- Piercing of Spousal Privilege Is Sought For Wife Who Removed Crime Evidence
- Effect of OSHA 'Willful Violation' Citation On Workers' Comp Bar Is Before Court
- N.J. False Claims Act Not Retroactive, Appeals Court Says
- Town Prosecutor Fired After Reporting Drunk Judge Wins $1.26 Million Fee
- DeCotiis Firm Booted From Suit Against Pru in Light of Contacts With Company
- Solo Lawyer Disbarred for String of Ethics Abuses, Unauthorized Practice
| Shwartz Nominated for Third Circuit in Unusual Leap for Magistrate Judge | Top |
| U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz has been named for the federal appeals bench, while Magistrate Judge Michael Shipp and Gibbons partner Kevin McNulty are on track for district court judgeships. | |
| Juror Is Spared Sanctions for Doing Internet Research in Sex-Crime Trial | Top |
| A juror who sparked a mistrial in a child sex assault case by surfing the Web and sharing his findings with fellow jurors escapes a contempt sanction as a judge finds it to be "a genuine, though perhaps reckless, mistake." | |
| Court Mulls City Liability for Lapses by 9-1-1 Call Center | Top |
| Lawyers for Jersey City ask the state Supreme Court to overturn an appellate ruling that the failure of two of its 9-1-1 call takers to take down information may have led to the deaths of a mother and her two children. | |
| Oral Palimony Pact Upheld in One of Last Cases Before Statute Of Frauds | Top |
| A man who was clearly living the married life, despite his same-sex partner's denials of a romantic relationship, is entitled to a half share of their onetime Jersey City home. | |
| Lawyer Admonished for Not Protecting Trust Accounts Looted by State Worker | Top |
| The Supreme Court disciplines a lawyer whose failure to reconcile his trust account enabled a state agency's employee to steal thousands over a period of three years. | |
| Judicial Ethics Flouted by Surrogate's Hosting of Fundraiser, ACJC Charges | Top |
| Atlantic County's surrogate stands accused of violating judicial ethics by having emceed a political fundraiser for an Assembly candidate. | |
| Police-Brutality Victim's $2.7M Award Slashed for Lack of Permanent Injury | Top |
| A U.S. judge gave an ultimatum to a Newark woman who won $2.7 million in a police-brutality case against the city: accept $750,000 or redo the damages trial. | |
| LAD Suit Was Wrongly Dismissed on Ground That Accused Wasn't a Boss | Top |
| A state appeals court revives a sexual-harassment suit by two Mercer County employees whose vicarious liability claim was dismissed by a judge who mistakenly relied on the alleged harasser's status as a co-worker rather than a supervisor. | |
| Piercing of Spousal Privilege Is Sought For Wife Who Removed Crime Evidence | Top |
| The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the spousal testimonial privilege should be pierced in a criminal case when both spouses are intertwined with the crime and were not married when it occurred. | |
| Effect of OSHA 'Willful Violation' Citation On Workers' Comp Bar Is Before Court | Top |
| The state Supreme Court is deciding whether OSHA's citing of an employer for "willful violation" of its regulations is enough to surmount the workers' compensation bar, thus allowing suit by an employee put in harms's way. | |
| N.J. False Claims Act Not Retroactive, Appeals Court Says | Top |
| New Jersey's False Claims Act can't be used to sue over conduct that took place before its 2008 effective date, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday in a precedential decision. | |
| Town Prosecutor Fired After Reporting Drunk Judge Wins $1.26 Million Fee | Top |
| A municipal prosecutor who lost her job for reporting that the judge was drunk on the bench has been awarded $1.26 million in fees in her whistleblower suit against the town, bringing her total recovery to $2.68 million. | |
| DeCotiis Firm Booted From Suit Against Pru in Light of Contacts With Company | Top |
| DeCotiis FitzPatrick & Cole has been disqualified from representing plaintiffs who claim Prudential Life Ins. Co. paid their lawyers millions of dollars in fees to keep their employment claims out of court and limit their recovery. | |
| Solo Lawyer Disbarred for String of Ethics Abuses, Unauthorized Practice | Top |
| Teaneck solo Michelle SimmsParris' efforts to retain her license despite numerous ethics violations comes to an end as the state Supreme Court orders her disbarred. | |
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