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• Drug-and-Alcohol-Fueled Chatter Held Admissible in Actress's Homicide Trial
• Pru Seeks To Disqualify Plaintiffs' Lawyers in 'Secret Deal' Case
• Arguments Rage Over Constitutionality of Hiking Judges' Pension Plan Pay-ins
• No Recourse for Lawyer Stalked by Ex-Client She Dated
• Court Trims 'Psychological' Parent's Right To Restrict Child Visitation
• 'Knowing and Informed' Waivers of Wage-Execution Notices Pass Muster
• Lawyers May Drop Elevator Company Over Discovery Hold-Up, Court Says
• Chinese Company Accuses Pfizer of Chickening Out of Animal Feed Deal
• Senate Passes Bill That Would Allow Suit Over Invasion of Trade Secrets
• Nissan Transmission Flaw Causes Breakdowns, Class Action Claims
• Court To Revisit Duty To Advise About Deportation Consequence of Guilty Plea
• Law Protecting Psychiatric In-Patients Does Not Create Whistleblower Action
• Tax Exemptions Wrongly Rescinded on Group Homes for the Mentally Disabled

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Drug-and-Alcohol-Fueled Chatter Held Admissible in Actress's Homicide Trial	Top
Former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane's unguarded and at times garrulous remarks to police and paramedics in the aftermath of a fatal 2010 crash will be heard by the jury in her upcoming trial on vehicular homicide charges.
Pru Seeks To Disqualify Plaintiffs' Lawyers in 'Secret Deal' Case	Top
A state judge is weighing a request to disqualify three law firms that represent plaintiffs who claim Prudential Life Insurance Co. paid their lawyers millions of dollars to keep their case out of court and limit recovery.
Arguments Rage Over Constitutionality of Hiking Judges' Pension Plan Pay-ins	Top
Lawyers battled in a Mercer County courtroom Wednesday over whether a law increasing judges' relative contributions to their pension and health-benefit plans violates a state constitutional proscription against reducing judges' salaries during their time in office.
No Recourse for Lawyer Stalked by Ex-Client She Dated	Top
An appellate ruling serves as a lesson to attorneys that getting romantically involved with a client — never a good idea to begin with — can be particularly perilous in a matrimonial case, where parties are often distraught and unstable
Court Trims 'Psychological' Parent's Right To Restrict Child Visitation	Top
A third-party "psychological" parent does not have the same autonomy as the child's legal parents did before ceding custody, a state appeals court said Friday in a precedential decision.
'Knowing and Informed' Waivers of Wage-Execution Notices Pass Muster	Top
A state appeals court gives its blessing to a form of consent judgment that allows the creditor to execute on the debtor's wages without further notice.
Lawyers May Drop Elevator Company Over Discovery Hold-Up, Court Says	Top
Two lawyers have been permitted to withdraw as counsel in a patent dispute between elevator giants because their client refused to comply with court-ordered discovery.
Chinese Company Accuses Pfizer of Chickening Out of Animal Feed Deal	Top
Pfizer's decision to pull from the market a 60-year old animal food additive, after a government study found chickens contaminated with arsenic, has landed it in trouble with the Chinese company that makes the drug.
Senate Passes Bill That Would Allow Suit Over Invasion of Trade Secrets	Top
Legislation that would create a civil action in New Jersey for the misappropriation of trade secrets has been passed by the Senate and may be on its way to final legislative approval before the current term ends.
Nissan Transmission Flaw Causes Breakdowns, Class Action Claims	Top
An allegedly defective transmission has some Nissan owners stuck in neutral, and they claim the carmaker knew of the problematic component but sold models equipped with it anyway.
Court To Revisit Duty To Advise About Deportation Consequence of Guilty Plea	Top
Two years after the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered a noncitizen's guilty plea vacated because his lawyer misinformed him about the deportation consequences, the justices are set to review two other cases that question the scope of a defense attorney's duty.
Law Protecting Psychiatric In-Patients Does Not Create Whistleblower Action	Top
A civil rights law banning retaliation against those reporting illegal conditions at psychiatric hospitals creates no private cause of action by the whistleblower, a U.S. court rules in a Third Circuit case of first impression.
Tax Exemptions Wrongly Rescinded on Group Homes for the Mentally Disabled	Top
A non-profit organization that provides housing and counseling services to people with psychiatric disabilities should have been granted property tax exemptions, the state appeals panel rules, reversing a tax court judge.

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