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• Mercedes Faces Class Action Alleging Defective Camshafts in Prime Engines
• Tax Judge Chastises Defense Counsel For Overdoing it With Interrogatories
• Bulk of N.J.'s Answers Stricken in Suit Against Forced Medication of Patients
• Court Asked To Define 'Exoneration' for Purposes of Suing P.D. for Malpractice
• Case Tests Local Government Liability For Failure To Police for Potholes
• Archer & Greiner Hit With Sanction Over Charge That Adversaries Lied
• Ex-Port Authority In-Houser Revives Whistleblower Suit
• Prosecutors Forming Consensus That E-Mails Fall Under N.J. Sunshine Law
• Proposal Would Liberalize Rules on Electronic Devices in State Courts
• In Fractious Bankruptcy, Lawyers Trade Charges of Privilege Breach and Fraud
• Justices To Decide on Spill Act Liability In Absence of Causal Link to Damages
• Sex Offender Ankle Bracelet Law Held To Be Punitive, Thus Not Retroactive
• Attorney General Circulates Rubric for Compliance With N.J. Anti-Bullying Law
• Senate Committee Passes Five Judges for Reappointment
• Court Reverses PTI Denial to Addict Who Sold Drugs from Her Apartment
• Company Cited for Spoliation After Its Lawyers Fail To Impose Litigation Hold
• Copyright Suit Against Rapper 50 Cent Fails Under 'Scenes a Faire' Doctrine
• Senate Panel Passes Trade Secrets Act, With Remedies for Misappropriation
• Excessive Billing, Limited Results in Easy Case Lead to Slashing of Fees
• Lawyer Reprimanded for Will That Gave His Wife the Client's Estate
• Disabled Student Need Not Be Enrolled In District To Qualify for Special Ed

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Mercedes Faces Class Action Alleging Defective Camshafts in Prime Engines	Top
In a putative class action filed in Newark, Mercedes-Benz drivers allege that the German carmaker's top-of-the-line performance engine is prone to premature wear due to defective camshafts.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
Prosecutors Forming Consensus That E-Mails Fall Under N.J. Sunshine Law	Top
Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton is the third county prosecutor in as many months to find a violation of the Open Public Meetings Act a result of e-mails sent by municipal officials about government business.
Proposal Would Liberalize Rules on Electronic Devices in State Courts	Top
The state Supreme Court's Bench-Bar-Media Committee is pitching new rules that would establish a presumption of permissibility for using electronic devices in court, albeit with prior approval.
In Fractious Bankruptcy, Lawyers Trade Charges of Privilege Breach and Fraud	Top
An attorney for a Hudson County healthcare company in Chapter 11 is accusing its former lawyer, Donald Scarinci, of disclosing privileged information to counsel for the creditors committee.
Justices To Decide on Spill Act Liability In Absence of Causal Link to Damages	Top
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if a state law widely used to pursue polluters for cleanup costs creates strict liability for all damages arising from the contamination, whether or not a causal link to the original leak can be shown.
Sex Offender Ankle Bracelet Law Held To Be Punitive, Thus Not Retroactive	Top
A 2007 statute mandating electronic monitoring and supervision of sex offenders is punitive in nature and thus may be applied only prospectively, a divided New Jersey appeals court rules.
Attorney General Circulates Rubric for Compliance With N.J. Anti-Bullying Law	Top
Law enforcement officials give educators a handbook for compliance with New Jersey's new anti-bullying law, now in effect for the 2011-12 school year.
Senate Committee Passes Five Judges for Reappointment	Top
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday recommended tenure for four Superior Court trial judges — James Blaney, Charles Dortch, Robert Reed and Patricia Roe — and one Appellate Division judge — Douglas Fasciale.
Court Reverses PTI Denial to Addict Who Sold Drugs from Her Apartment	Top
A disabled, substance-addicted woman who ran an illicit drug store — complete with a price list — out of her apartment should have been granted pretrial intervention on charges she sold to an undercover cop, a state appeals court rules.
Company Cited for Spoliation After Its Lawyers Fail To Impose Litigation Hold	Top
A company that destroyed potential evidence after its lawyers failed to impose a litigation hold and left it to the nonlawyer CFO to sort out what was relevant has been slapped with spoliation sanctions.
Copyright Suit Against Rapper 50 Cent Fails Under 'Scenes a Faire' Doctrine	Top
Tales of young men from inner-city, single-parent families who get caught up in crime are so common as to be not copyrightable, a federal judge says in dismissing an infringement suit against recording artist 50 Cent.
Senate Panel Passes Trade Secrets Act, With Remedies for Misappropriation	Top
New Jersey is edging closer to joining 46 other states that have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which provides for civil remedies in cases of misappropriation of trade secrets.
Excessive Billing, Limited Results in Easy Case Lead to Slashing of Fees	Top
A litigant whose counsel billed nearly twice as many hours as the case required sees a federal judge pare his fee request to less than half.
Lawyer Reprimanded for Will That Gave His Wife the Client's Estate	Top
A Middlesex lawyer has been reprimanded for drafting a will that allowed his wife to inherit $1.3 million.
Disabled Student Need Not Be Enrolled In District To Qualify for Special Ed	Top
A school district's obligation to make a free and appropriate public education available to disabled students living within its boundaries is not limited to students enrolled in the district, a federal judge says.

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