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Ninth Circuit Judge Admonished for Online Pornography

Thursday, July 2, 2009

A judicial misconduct complaint against Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski over the sexually explicit material found on his family Web site has been resolved with a public admonishment but no other discipline imposed.

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Town Insurers Fear Effects of Ruling Limiting OPRA Charges to Actual Costs

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The impact of a Mercer County ruling in class-action suit that drastically limits document-production charges under the Open Public Records Act is reverberating around the state.




Frat's Insurer Must Cover Rider Univ. In Suit Over Pledge's Hazing Death

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Rider University and its primary insurer has won a dispute, worth up to $1 million, with an insurer that didn't want to cover the school for negligence in the death of a student after a booze-sodden frat party.



Judge Won't Certify Class-Action Suit Alleging Deceptive Magazine Renewals

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A federal judge in Newark, finding insufficient common issues, has denied class certification to magazine subscribers who claim a Time Warner subsidiary charged for renewals without their authorization.



Child Custody and Parenting Issues Held Arbitrable

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Parents have a right to arbitrate parenting and custody issues, subject to a judge's scrutiny to prevent harm to the children, the state Supreme Court held Wednesday, bringing New Jersey in line with the majority of other states.



Firms, GCs Starting To Talk the Talk

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Firms have for some time employed internal and outside client interviewers and used other client relationship management tools. But a paradigm shift in the business of law, coupled with the Association of Corporate Counsel's Value Challenge, is starting to generate needed lip service.

Litigation Over J&J Antibiotic, Levaquin, Designated N.J. Mass Tort

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The New Jersey Supreme Court has designated mounting litigation over the Johnson & Johnson antibiotic Levaquin as a mass tort and has assigned it to an Atlantic County judge. The suits charge that the drug, which is prescribed for bacterial infections of the lungs, urinary tract and skin, has caused Achilles tendon ruptures and other damage.



GCs Reducing Legal Staff, Farming Out Less Work, Altman Weil Survey Says

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

More than one-third of corporations have reduced their in-house legal staffs or plan to do so this year, and the amount of work for outside counsel is heading for a nosedive, too, a national survey of general counsel reports.

Loan-Modification Work May Flout Ethics Rules, Court Panels Warn

Monday, June 29, 2009

Attorney who represent customers of mortgage-modification companies — increasingly attractive work these days — are at risk of losing their law licenses if they split fees with the financiers, two Supreme Court committees say in a joint ethics opinion.

Supreme Court Rules for White Firefighters in Title VII Case

Monday, June 29, 2009

In a dramatic ending before it recessed for the summer, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled, 5-4, that the city of New Haven, Conn., violated the civil rights of white and Hispanic firefighters when it tossed out the results of a promotion exam after no African-Americans had passed it.

Legislature Takes Action on Measures Limiting Foreclosure, Debt Collection

Monday, June 29, 2009

In the closing days of their session, New Jersey legislators pushed forward bills that would put greater restrictions on foreclosure and debt collection, partially to help borrowers cope with the current recession.

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