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- Municipal Judge Reprimanded for Use Of Office To Influence a Private Dispute
- Proposal Would Let Firms Be Named for Services Rendered
- 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
- Secretary Candidates Skirmish Over Campaign Use of Bar E-mail, Listservs
- Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Charged in $109M Insider Investment Scheme
- Three Law Firms Rank in Top 10 of Contractors' Political Contributions
- Bank Claim Sheds Light on Lawyers' Contest Over Fees in Prudential Suit
- Hearing Ordered on Reliability of Alcotest Calibration Thermometer
- Minor, Former Prosecutor and Judge, Pleads Guilty in Witness Bribery Case
- U.S. Courts Have Diversity Jurisdiction Over Junk-Fax Suits, Circuit Holds
- Bill Would Stanch Suits Against Court-Appointed Psychiatrists, Psychologists
- Stein, One-Time Legal Malpractice Dean, Can't Shake Loose of Claim Against Him
- Adler, Former Congressman And Legislator, Dead at 51
- Foreclosure Notice Found Deficient for Naming Only Loan Servicer, Not Lender
- Lawyer With a Disciplinary History Is Censured for Accosting Federal Agent
- Federal Suit Over Town's Policy Against 'Stationhouse Adjustments' Can Proceed
- Paralegals Given Wider Latitude in Signing Business Correspondence
- New Rules on Eyewitness Identification May Be in the Offing
- Court Affirms Dismissal of Judge's Suit Claiming Bias in Judicial Assignments
- Municipal Judge Faces Ethics Charges For Moonlighting as Mayor's Lawyer
- Sanction Upheld for Abusive and Obstructionist Discovery Conduct
- Attorney Draws Suspension, Not for Bad Bookkeeping but for Lying About It
- Supreme Court Places Strictures on Police Offering Lay Opinions at Trial
- Pipeline Retroactivity Given to Mandate On Translating Breath-Test Instructions
- Plaintiffs in Condo-Stabbings Suit Say Police Chief Tampered With Witnesses
- Muslim Woman Can Sue Over MVC Not Allowing License Photo in Head Scarf
- EMT Immunity Statute To Be Read by Level of Care Provided, Court Says
- Informal Talk With Eventual Defendant Should Not Disqualify, Lawyer Argues
- Court Ponders How To Make Valuation Of Marital Home Long After Divorce
- Court Weighs Eternal Question: Is it a Judge's Prerogative To Change His Mind?
- Court Imposes Censure, Rather Than Reprimand Sought by DRB, for Neglect
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Three Law Firms Rank in Top 10 of Contractors' Political Contributions | Top |
| Three law firms were among the 10 top contributors in 2010 to politicians, election committees and political parties, according to statistics released by the state Election Law Enforcement Commission. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| U.S. Courts Have Diversity Jurisdiction Over Junk-Fax Suits, Circuit Holds | Top |
| A precedential ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opens the door to federal class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act against senders of 'junk fax' messages. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Adler, Former Congressman And Legislator, Dead at 51 | Top |
| John Adler, a New Jersey lawyer, congressman and state legislator, died Monday at the age of 51. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Paralegals Given Wider Latitude in Signing Business Correspondence | Top |
| It's time to lift New Jersey's longstanding ban on paralegals signing nonsubstantive correspondence, say two state Supreme Court committees. | |
| New Rules on Eyewitness Identification May Be in the Offing | Top |
| The state Supreme Court may be on the verge of adopting tougher standards for the admissibility of eyewitness identifications in criminal trials. | |
| Court Affirms Dismissal of Judge's Suit Claiming Bias in Judicial Assignments | Top |
| A federal appeals panel affirms dismissal of a suit by former Superior Court Judge Patricia Talbert, who claimed race and gender biases were at the heart of her assignment to inferior positions and ultimately led to her descension from the bench. | |
| Municipal Judge Faces Ethics Charges For Moonlighting as Mayor's Lawyer | Top |
| A former municipal judge accused of doing legal work for his town's mayor while serving on the bench has been charged with judicial ethics violations. | |
| Sanction Upheld for Abusive and Obstructionist Discovery Conduct | Top |
| A federal appeals court has affirmed an $18,386 sanction against a firm for an associate's repeated interjections during the deposition of her expert witness, conduct the court called "abusive, unprofessional, and obstructionist." | |
| Attorney Draws Suspension, Not for Bad Bookkeeping but for Lying About It | Top |
| The state Supreme Court has suspended for three months a West Orange attorney who didn't cook the books but did cook up a story to cover up negligent misappropriation of trust funds. | |
| Supreme Court Places Strictures on Police Offering Lay Opinions at Trial | Top |
| The New Jersey Supreme Court hands a victory to criminal defense lawyers, holding that a police officer not qualified as an expert can't proffer lay opinion that goes to the issue of the defendant's guilt. | |
| Pipeline Retroactivity Given to Mandate On Translating Breath-Test Instructions | Top |
| The Appellate Division applies retroactively a state Supreme Court decision that requires informing drivers of the testing process, and warning of the consqeuences of refusal, in a language they can understand. | |
| Plaintiffs in Condo-Stabbings Suit Say Police Chief Tampered With Witnesses | Top |
| The family of the victims of stabbings at a Linwood retirement community, having recovered more than $1 million from the assailant, is now proceeding against the city and its police chief, alleging that the chief tried to tamper with police witness testimony. | |
| Muslim Woman Can Sue Over MVC Not Allowing License Photo in Head Scarf | Top |
| A Muslim woman who claims she was denied a driver's license because she refused to remove her headdress for the photograph and then was arrested can go forward with her discrimination suit. | |
| EMT Immunity Statute To Be Read by Level of Care Provided, Court Says | Top |
| A state appeals court extends statutory immunity for intermediate-level emergency medical technicians to basic-level EMTs who provide advanced service. | |
| Informal Talk With Eventual Defendant Should Not Disqualify, Lawyer Argues | Top |
| The state Supreme Court will decide whether a late-night conversation with the owner of a karaoke bar is enough to disqualify a lawyer from representing a plaintiff in a suit against him. | |
| Court Ponders How To Make Valuation Of Marital Home Long After Divorce | Top |
| The state Supreme Court tackles the question of how to divide, decades after a divorce, marital property that has since mushroomed in value. | |
| Court Weighs Eternal Question: Is it a Judge's Prerogative To Change His Mind? | Top |
| It's said that intelligence allows for a change of mind, but a judge who rethought and reversed his own summary judgment ruling after hearing new evidence has caused consternation enough to demand the state Supreme Court's intervention. | |
| Court Imposes Censure, Rather Than Reprimand Sought by DRB, for Neglect | Top |
| The state Supreme Court on Tuesday censured a Jersey City attorney for neglecting a client and flouting the disciplinary process, despite a call for sympathy from disciplinarians over his personal tribulations. | |
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