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• Archer & Greiner Hit With Sanction Over Charge That Adversaries Lied
• Tax Judge Chastises Defense Counsel For Overdoing it With Interrogatories
• Case Tests Local Government Liability For Failure To Police for Potholes
• Appeals Court Nixes Divorce Lawyer's Bid To Collect Fees Via Charging Lien
• Court Revives Suit Claiming Newark's Residency Rules Have Non-White Bias
• Bulk of N.J.'s Answers Stricken in Suit Against Forced Medication of Patients
• Malpractice Carrier Need Not Cover Solo's Legal Work at Accounting Firm
• Cop's Sniffing of Party Guest's Breath Was Custodial Questioning, Court Says
• Prosecutor Seeks Narrower Reading Of Statute Controlling Lane Changing
• Court Asked To Define 'Exoneration' for Purposes of Suing P.D. for Malpractice
• Prosecutor Suggests Relying on Tape, Not Transcript, To Settle the Record
• Ex-Port Authority In-Houser Revives Whistleblower Suit
• Finding Settlement With Nextel Created Conflict for Firm, Circuit Revives Suit

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Archer & Greiner Hit With Sanction Over Charge That Adversaries Lied	Top
A federal judge has sanctioned Archer & Greiner $5,000 over an assertion by one of its attorneys that opposing counsel proffered false testimony in a dispute between ex-Trans World Airlines pilots and their union.
Tax Judge Chastises Defense Counsel For Overdoing it With Interrogatories	Top
A tax court judge has slapped the wrist of a prominent tax-appeal defense lawyer for demanding too much in discovery and for resorting to motions instead of talking to his adversary.
Case Tests Local Government Liability For Failure To Police for Potholes	Top
In a case argued Monday, the state Supreme Court is considering whether county and local governments can be held liable for not fixing potholes they might not know about, or for not having detection systems in place to spot them.
Appeals Court Nixes Divorce Lawyer's Bid To Collect Fees Via Charging Lien	Top
In what may be a cutting back of divorce attorneys' use of a near-century-old lawyers' lien statute to collect their fees, an appeals court finds such a charging lien unenforceable.
Court Revives Suit Claiming Newark's Residency Rules Have Non-White Bias	Top
A federal appeals court reinstates a reverse-discrimination challenge to Newark's residents-only hiring policy, finding the judge below conducted a faulty analysis in granting the city summary judgment.
Bulk of N.J.'s Answers Stricken in Suit Against Forced Medication of Patients	Top
New Jersey's buckshot answer to a suit claiming drugs were involuntarily given to state psychiatric hospital patients was an exercise in bad pleading, one that will cost the state legal fees and costs.
Malpractice Carrier Need Not Cover Solo's Legal Work at Accounting Firm	Top
A malpractice insurer isn't required to indemnify a Cranford solo for work he did outside his law practice as an accounting firm's employee, a federal judge in Newark rules.
Cop's Sniffing of Party Guest's Breath Was Custodial Questioning, Court Says	Top
A police officer's sniffing of a teenage partygoer's breath for alcohol constituted custodial questioning that triggered the right to a Miranda warning, a state appeals court says in reversing a conviction.
Prosecutor Seeks Narrower Reading Of Statute Controlling Lane Changing	Top
The state Supreme Court is being asked to put the brakes on a liberal construction of a statute prohibiting careless lane changing, which prosecutors say makes it more difficult to score convictions.
Court Asked To Define 'Exoneration' for Purposes of Suing P.D. for Malpractice	Top
A former criminal defendant's malpractice suit over an abortive wardrobe-switching ploy cooked up by his public defender will go forward or not based on how strictly the state Supreme Court interprets the term "exoneration."
Prosecutor Suggests Relying on Tape, Not Transcript, To Settle the Record	Top
An appeal in a criminal case raises the issue of whether appellate courts can rely on the written transcript or should listen to the audiotape where the accuracy of the stenographer is in doubt.
Ex-Port Authority In-Houser Revives Whistleblower Suit	Top
A lawyer who claims the Port Authority fired him for disclosing that a colleague misled a judge on the law has renewed the civil rights suit he filed and withdrew last year.
Finding Settlement With Nextel Created Conflict for Firm, Circuit Revives Suit	Top
A putative class action charging a plaintiffs' firm with striking a collusive settlement of employment discrimination claims with Nextel Communications has been brought back to life.

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