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New Trial Denied Despite Discovery of Deal With Prosecution Witness
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Five times a Garfield man has sought to have his 18-year-old murder conviction overturned and for a fifth time he failed, even though he had just discovered that a prosecution witness might have been given immunity in exchange for testifying.
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Malpractice Carrier Seeks Rescission For Nondisclosure of Charges, Suits
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Michael Kwasnik, a former Cherry Hill and Philadelphia lawyer now in jail and charged with thefts of more than $1 million in client funds, is facing a fraud suit by his malpractice carrier.
Supreme Court Panel Recommends Allowing 'Virtual' Bona Fide Offices
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Lawyers may soon be allowed to practice in New Jersey using "virtual" law offices instead of having to keep up bricks-and-mortar locations.
Suit Says Widener Law Job Statistics Equate Bar Practice With Bartending
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
A suit against Widener University School of Law has become the first locally venued battle in a campaign of litigation over alleged deliberate fudging of law graduate employment statistics — failing to distinguish between legal positions and other jobs.
Ex-Prosecutor Ties Firing to Protest Over Dropped Misconduct Charges
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
A former assistant Hunterdon County prosecutor claims in a whistleblower suit that he was fired for objecting to what he calls a politically motivated decision to drop misconduct charges against three county officials.
Class Certification Denied in Suit Over Ford Vans With Potential for Rollover
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
A federal judge in Newark has denied class certification for claims that a Ford Motor Co. van model are too prone to rolling over to carry 15 passengers as advertised.
Appeals Court Rails Against Practice of Deferring Factfinding-Based Decisions
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A judge's entering a final divorce judgment and months later filing a written opinion with materially different terms has prompted an appeals court to publish a screed against deferred decisions.
Assembly Committee Advances Bill On Income-Driven Alimony Reductions
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
For more than 30 years, N.J. family court judges have been authorized by common law to adjust alimony and child support obligations due to changed employment circumstances. Now legislation is afoot to make it official.
Morgan Melhuish Lawyer Apologizes For Slurs at Animal Rights Attorney
Monday, February 6, 2012
A bear-hunting lawyer whose online taunts at an animal-protection attorney sparked a demonstration outside his law firm has issued an apology of sorts.
Court Needs Data To Decide Fate of Restrictive Rule on Auto Searches
Monday, February 6, 2012
The state Supreme Court says it needs more information to decide whether it should overturn its 2-year-old ruling that requires higher thresholds of probable cause and exigent circumstances to justify warrantless searches of vehicles after traffic stops.
Rutgers Law Schools Weigh Merger in Face of Christie's Reorganization Plan
Monday, February 6, 2012
Amid the uproar over Gov. Chris Christie's proposed merger of Rutgers Law School-Camden with Rowan University, another plan is on the table that would blend the law schools in Camden and Newark into one entity.
Recusal-Rife High Court Hears Appeal Of Dismissed J&J Arterial Stent Suits
Friday, February 3, 2012
Heart patients and their relatives seeking reinstatement of claims against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective arterial stents faced an odd tribunal: a state Supreme Court with almost no Supreme Court justices.
A Month Into Senior Status, Brown Leaves Federal Judgeship for JAMS
Thursday, February 2, 2012
After taking senior status and officially stepping down as chief judge a month ago, veteran federal jurist Garrett Brown Jr. announces his full retirement.
Morgan Melhuish Lawyer's Japes at Animal-Rights Attorney Draw Protest
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Last December's bear hunt is over, but the battle between supporters and opponents shifted to new ground as animal-rights activists picketed outside the Livingston offices of Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn.
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Approved by Assembly Panel But Veto Looms Ahead
Thursday, February 2, 2012
After seven hours of occasionally heated testimony, the Assembly Judiciary Committee recommends passage of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.
'God Told Me To Kill' Defense Is Tested at State High Court
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The state Supreme Court is reviewing the first reversal of a New Jersey homicide conviction for failure to give the jury a special "deific command" instruction regarding the insanity defense.
Profiling Accuser Gets a New Shot in Try for Officer's Personnel Records
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
A man convicted of drug charges wins a hearing on his request for the arresting officer's personnel records so he could pursue a racial-profiling claim.
Forcing Owners To Allow Town Access For Inspections Held Unconstitutional
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
An ordinance requiring property owners to give municipal inspectors access on pain of prosecution violates the Fourth Amendment ban on warrantless searches, a state appeals court says.
Lawyer Held To Flub Advice on Effect of Domestic Violence Plea on Gun Permit
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Failure to advise a criminal defendant that pleading guilty to domestic violence would cost him his right to have a gun constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, a state appeals court says.
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Case Tests Limits of Rule Against Representing Adverse Parties in Related Case
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
New Attorney General Fills Top Post, Targets Prescription Drug Abuse
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Court Refuses To Seal Settlement of Federal Fair Labor Standards Suit
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Ignoring Instincts and Giving In to Client's Demand Ends in Reprimand
Monday, January 30, 2012
Cemetery Sued for Organ Harvesting Fights Denial of Insurance Coverage
Monday, January 30, 2012
Lawyer Sues Litigation Adversaries for Defamation, and Wins
Monday, January 30, 2012
Silence Wasn't Golden for Plaintiff Who Accepted Offer of Judgment Too Late
Monday, January 30, 2012
Arbitration Demand Can Be Considered 'First-Filed Action' Under Comity Rule
Friday, January 27, 2012
Court Weighs Effect Of Residency Rule on Assembly Election
Friday, January 27, 2012
Dominick Ferrelli, Burlington County Prosecutor and Judge, 91
Friday, January 27, 2012
Questioning of Police Veracity No Basis For Disclosure of Surveillance Posts
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Federal Prosecutors Want Martini Off Bergrin Case, Doubting Impartiality
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Part-Timing Drops For First Time in 17 Years, NALP Says
Thursday, January 26, 2012
No 'One-Strike' Public Housing Eviction For Innocent Relatives, Judge Finds
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Court Upholds Rendine Fee Shifting, Declining To Follow U.S. High Court
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Federal Rail Safety Act Does Not Preclude Worker's Suit Under FELA
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Suits Allege Lilly Failed To Warn of Darvocet's and Darvon's Health Risks
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Farer Fersko Closure Born of Desire To Abandon Ship for a Bigger One
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Consecutive Terms Under NERA Carry Consecutive Parole Terms
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Shipp, U.S. Magistrate Judge for Five Years, Nominated To Be District Judge
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
No Piercing of Spousal Privilege for Wife Who Removed Crime Evidence
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
State Judge Touched Probation Officers Inappropriately, Ethics Complaint Says
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Best Interests of Children of Divorce Govern Decisions on Change of Name
Monday, January 23, 2012
Christie Names Asian Immigrant and Gay African American to High Court
Monday, January 23, 2012
Switch in Arbitrator Permissible Where NAF No Longer Competent, Circuit Says
Monday, January 23, 2012
'Occupy the Courts' Protesters Hit Supreme Court, Others Around Nation
Friday, January 20, 2012
Fired Just as Whistleblower's Award Was To Be Paid, Firm Sues for Share
Friday, January 20, 2012
Anti-Soliciting Bill Dies, But Governor Signs Unauthorized Practice Upgrade
Friday, January 20, 2012
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Friday, January 20, 2012
ABA Panel Recommends Changes In How Law Schools Report Jobs
Friday, January 20, 2012
Municipal Court Judge Who Doubled as Prosecutor Is Fired
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Court Scrutinizes Home Search Based On Anonymous Domestic-Violence Tip
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Dow's Nomination for Essex Judgeship Going Forward
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Ineffective-Assistance Finding Is Held Basis for Legal Malpractice Judgment
Thursday, January 19, 2012
U.S. Judge Axes Most Claims in Suit Tying Law Firm to Ponzi Scheme
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Physicians' Assistants Can't Perform EMGs, Court Says
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Dwek Bankruptcy Trustee Seeks To Lift Disclosure Order He Calls 'Devastating'
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
No Tort Claims Liability for County's Alleged Laxity in Road Inspections
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
U.S. Resident Deported for Crime Seeks To Reopen His Conviction by Telephone
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Court Reassessing Strict Adherence to Warrant Requirement in Auto Searches
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Restraint Held Too Broad To Prevent Father Attending Child's Soccer Game
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
