http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/index.jsp Updated daily en-us 07/03/2009 Copyright 2009. Incisive Media US Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/nj/alert/nj_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/index.jsp 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431979357&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431869676&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431870464&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431941998&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431980661&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431987519&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431942631&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431900084&rss=nj 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. http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202431881992&rss=nj