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Levinson Axelrod Files Suit Against Its Web Nemesis
Friday, November 6, 2009
Former Levinson Axelrod associate Edward Heyburn — who expected retaliation for trashing the firm on the Web - got it last week as the firm went to court in an effort to shut down his gripe site, "Levinson Axelrod Sucks."
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N.J. Court Weighing Mass Tort Status For Suits Over Three Contraceptives
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The New Jersey judiciary is considering a request from Passaic County's top judge for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.
UMDNJ Appealing McElroy Deutsch's Ouster as Counsel
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is challenging a judge's booting of its defense counsel, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, from a whistleblower suit on conflict-of-interest grounds.
The Bar Report
Thursday, November 5, 2009
This regular feature is devoted to news by and about the New Jersey State Bar Association.
GPS Evidence in Criminal Case Held Inadmissible Absent Expert Testimony
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Global Positioning System readings are inadmissible without expert testimony establishing the accuracy of the specific device used, a state appeals court rules.
Municipal Lawyer's Flawed Bill Records Held To Explain 'Secret' Town Meetings
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Meetings with town leaders that turned up on a municipal lawyer's billing records were not secret sessions in violation of the Open Public Meetings Act, a Camden County judge has held.
Supreme Court Eases Restrictions on 'Super Lawyer' Advertising
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The state Supreme Court put New Jersey back in step with the rest of the nation Wednesday and changed the ethics rules to allow lawyers to mention their inclusion in Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America or Martindale-Hubbell AV rankings.
Firms Scammed by Overseas 'Clients' Sue Handling Banks
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
At least two New Jersey law firms that were victimized by phony check scams have gone to court seeking to get the money back from the banks that handled the checks.
Personal Injury Veterans Baker and Javerbaum Will Merge Firms
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Kenneth Javerbaum and Gerald Baker are among the state's leading litigators and teachers in the field of personal injury law, and now they are going to practice together in a 22-lawyer operation with offices in four counties.
N.J. to Army Corps: No Toxic Sludge
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
New Jersey is suing to block the federal government's proposed dredging of the Delaware River, charging that plans to dump the potentially toxic sediment in New Jersey would violate a host of federal laws.
Law Commissioners Seek End to Writ That Permits Debtors To Be Locked Up
Monday, November 2, 2009
The New Jersey Law Revision Commission wants the Legislature to erase the last vestige of civil law that allows the jailing of debtors in the state: the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum.
Fee Award in Contract Case Must Bear Relation to Damages, High Court Says
Monday, November 2, 2009
The New Jersey Supreme Court remands a $3.8 million legal fee award in a contract case so that a trial court can consider the large gap between the fees and the $2.3 million recovery.
Entire Controversy Doctrine Applies to Pro Se Litigants, Appeals Court Says
Monday, November 2, 2009
A plaintiff who sued his lawyer three times, two of them pro se, was 'using successive litigation as a club' and 'should not be able to sue, then investigate more, then sue, then investigate even further, ad infinitum,' the Appellate Division says.
Wreaking Revenge on the Web
Friday, October 30, 2009
For the past month, a former Levinson Axelrod associate has been using a Web site with a similar domain name to criticize and mock the firm and its partners and to showcase its in-court losses. He says it's 'cathartic to get the truth out,' but the firm is about to take legal action.
The Bar Report
Friday, October 30, 2009
This regular feature is devoted to news by and about the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Court To Decide if Damages Needed for Making Failure-To-Accommodate Claim
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A state trooper's discrimination suit is testing whether an employer's failure — although brief — to accommodate an employee's disability is sufficient to make out a claim without a separate showing of adverse job consequences.
Law Reviews Launch Into Cyberspace and Suddenly Take on New Relevancy
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The online-only law reviews that sprang up a decade ago at Rutgers law schools in Newark and Camden are entering the next stage of the Internet evolution: the blogosphere.
Corzine Formalizes Attorney General's Merit-Based Counsel Selection System
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Two years after the Attorney General's Office began phasing out New Jersey's spoils system for hiring outside counsel and adopted a merit-based rubric, Gov. Jon Corzine has made it official.
Litigating Against Empty Chair Means No Award of Legal Fees Under EAJA
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A psychologist who beat the government's attempt to recover an alleged $604,000 in Medicare overpayments did did less well trying to recover legal fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The reason: The victory was not an "adversary adjudication" within the meaning of the statute, because no one from the government had appeared at the administrative proceeding.
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Suit Seeks Expansion of Doctrine Holding Brokers Liable for Injuries on Property
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Reed Smith Adopts Competence-Based Associate Model
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Princeton Student Sues Under ADA for Refusal of Extra Time To Take Exams
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Detained Sex Offenders Sue State for Refusing Request for Legal Association
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Affidavit of Merit Statute's Applicability To Third-Party Claims Argued at Court
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Slowed Diversity Growth at Law Firms Pegged to Recession
Monday, October 26, 2009
Judge Blocks Effect of Rule Requiring Identity Theft Programs at Law Firms
Monday, October 26, 2009
Municipal Judge's Recusal Sought Based On His Litigation Against Counsel in Case
Monday, October 26, 2009
Correction
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Bar Report
Friday, October 23, 2009
Court Upholds Damages, Strikes Fees in Suit Over Door-to-Door Vacuum Sales
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Top Legal Officers See Surge Ahead In Litigation Pace
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Court Fixes Bug in Its Child-Support Computer Program
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Corzine Signs Computer-Crime Laws Aimed at Child Sexual Predators
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Civil-Rights Suit Dismissed for Failure To List it on Ch. 13 Petition Reinstated
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Arbitrators Have Power To Consolidate Arbitrations, N.J. Appeals Court Says
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Birthers Lose Again as Federal Judge Nixes Challenge to Obama Presidency
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Justices To Weigh Client's Right To Sue Lawyer After Approving a Settlement
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Gas Station Operators Sue BP Over Refusal To Renew Contracts
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Law Mandates Bonding of Handlers of Estates for the Mentally Disabled
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
U.K. Music Company's Copyright Suit Ends on a Sour Note in New Jersey
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Supremes Put Off by Means Test for Notifying Plaintiffs in Class Action
Monday, October 19, 2009
Judge Tosses McElroy, Deutsch From UMDNJ Case, Finding Hidden Conflict
Monday, October 19, 2009
TV Networks Seek Federal Relief From New Jersey's Stiff Ban on Exit Polling
Monday, October 19, 2009
Judge Erred by Conducting Her Own Investigation of Gun-Permit Applicant
Monday, October 19, 2009
Correction
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Bar Report
Friday, October 16, 2009
Suits Over Cheerios Health Claims Are Venued in New Jersey Federal Court
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Out-of-State Drivers Battle Over Reach Of New Jersey's Verbal Threshold
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Court Is Asked To Revisit Rule Depriving Dead Litigant of Right to Equitable Relief
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Lawyer's ADEA Claim Found Outweighed By Anguish He Caused His Firm
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Offer-of-Judgment Counsel Fee Awards To Defense Barred in Fee-Shift Cases
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
N.J. Court Weighs Limits of Fair-Reporting Privilege
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
No Litigation Privilege for Right-to-Privacy Breach, Court Says
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Court Is Asked To Require Bifurcation of Settlement Talks in CEPA, LAD Cases
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
U.S. Judge Certifies Class Action vs. DuPont Over Towns' Tainted Water
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Memo to Prosecutors With Witnesses Overseas: Don't Go to the Videotape
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Appeals Court Voids Warrant, Finding Municipal Judge's Appointment Invalid
Monday, October 12, 2009
Raymond Brown, Eminent Trial Lawyer and Civil Rights Champion, Dead at 94
Monday, October 12, 2009
Workers' Comp Urgent-Care Motions Get Swift Handling, But Few Succeed
Monday, October 12, 2009
Judge's Plea Talks With Brother of Criminal Defendant Draw Reprimand
Monday, October 12, 2009
