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- Judges Pension Dispute Making Beeline for State's High Court
- Minor Bringing Domestic Violence Case Entitled to Counsel If Defendant Has One
- Court Mulls Federal Fee-Shifting Rule That Could Spell Doom for Rendine
- Judge Who Doubled As Prosecutor Hit With Ethics Charges
- Occupy Trenton Goes to Court To Block Seizure of Property From Protest Site
- Million-Dollar Default Judgment Upheld Against Lawyer in Bank Collection Suit
- Title Insurance Buyers Can Sue Under N.J. Consumer Fraud Act, Judge Rules
- Lawyer's Decamping From Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqualified
- 'Thumbs Up' in Criminal Case Weighed As Possible Furtherance of Conspiracy
- Adequacy of Accutane Labeling at Stake in Product Liability Case
- Law Firm Hit With Racketeering Suit Over Alleged Improper Foreclosures
- Legal Fee Availability Tested for Case Subject to Seminal Arbitration Ruling
- Attorney Given 'Strong Censure' for Facilitating Bogus Mortgage Rescue
- Lawyer Faces Discipline for False Claim on Website
Judges Pension Dispute Making 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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Lawyer's Decamping From Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqualified | 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. | |
'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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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