NJLJ.com http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/index.jsp Updated daily en-us 11/23/2009 Copyright 2009. Incisive Media US Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml NJLJ.com http://www.law.com/img/nj/alert/nj_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/index.jsp Town's Alleged 1962 Taking of Land It Continued To Tax Is Tested on Appeal The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unusual dispute between avowed owners of beachfront property who want to build on it and a town that claims it acquired the land by inverse condemnation almost half a century ago. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435531433&rss=nj Drunken Driving and Breath-Test Refusal Don't Mix, Court Says A state appeals court has thrown cold water on a type of plea bargain that has been used to bypass New Jersey's mandatory seven-month license suspension for drivers' refusals to take breath tests for alcohol consumption. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435519805&rss=nj No Show at Parental-Rights Hearing Can't Be Defaulted if Represented Judges hearing parental-rights termination cases should not enter default judgments merely because represented defendants fail to appear, a state appeals court says. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435663725&rss=nj Insurers Can't Sue Doctors for Fraud Over Referrals to Facilities They Own In a win for licensed ambulatory surgical centers, a state appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that health insurance companies cannot sue doctors for fraud when they refer patients to facilities they own. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435565331&rss=nj New Legal Services Program Helping Low-Income Veterans With Claims Legal Services of New Jersey has launched a project to assist the growing ranks of disabled veterans with claims for government benefits. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435609600&rss=nj Giants Stadium Seat-License Foes Keep Hopes Alive A longtime Giants and Jets season ticket holder can pursue a class-action suit that would kill the football teams' imposition of licensing charges of up to $25,000 for seats in the new Giants Stadium opening next year, a federal judge says. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435674737&rss=nj Trial Gaffes Require Reversal of Murder Conspiracy Conviction A state appeals court orders a new trial in a murder-for-hire case, citing a host of judicial and prosecutorial errors that included a detective improperly testifying as an expert. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435612902&rss=nj N.J., Pa. Federal Courts Greenlight Class Actions Over Gift-Card Fees In a major setback for banks, federal judges in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have refused to dismiss a pair of class action consumer suits against TD Bank over allegedly deceptive practices used to market gift cards. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202435711334&rss=nj