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David Gialanella, Bureau Chief, has been with the New Jersey Law Journal since 2010, covering business of law, litigation, legislation and various other topics. In his current role, he is responsible for the Law Journal's print and web products. Reach him at dgialanella@alm.com.
October 15, 2018
Peter Verniero, a former New Jersey Supreme Court justice and state attorney general, was hired by Gov. Phil Murphy to review hiring and vetting practices amid the rapidly unfolding scandal involving allegations of sexual assault against a former staffer and transition team member.
October 15, 2018
The Mid-Market Report's Q&A series helps readers get to know midsize law firms around the country, and how they are innovating in an ever-changing legal landscape.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 15, 2018
In both Anderson and Jutrowski, the law required proof of individual responsibility. In neither case could the plaintiffs obtain proof of the tortfeasor’s identity, although all potential responsible parties were before the court. In Jutrowski, there was the option of a conspiracy theory, but a jury could find no agreement, thus permitting the tortfeasor to escape responsibility. Might not the Anderson approach have been a way to have a jury assess the defendants’ denials and ferret out the tortfeasor?
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 15, 2018
One might make a strong argument that cases involving such cutting edge theories of causality should be assigned specially, as medical malpractice cases once were and as certain commercial disputes presently are, to a particular judge in the venue who would be the most competent to make difficult decisions as were made by the trial judge in Accutane.
October 08, 2018
In a Morris County suit, Bishop v. Comperchio, a Sparta woman will receive $1.25 million as compensation for physical and emotional injuries she sustained…
October 05, 2018
Sabrina Stavish, a native of Upstate New York, recalls graduating from University of Colorado Law School in 1987 not expecting to remain in the state…
October 01, 2018
A roofer who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 40-foot fall agreed to a $5.6 million settlement in his Union County suit, Smith v. Blue Rock…
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 01, 2018
After the Supreme Court’s Aug. 15 opinion in Wilner v. Vertical Realty, Inc., we believe the rule requires revision with respect to multi-defendant cases.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 01, 2018
We urge the legislature to take up this issue and amend N.J.S.A. §2C:24-4(a) to overrule State v. Fuqua.
September 27, 2018
Lateral moves at midsize and smaller firms.
September 27, 2018
Midsize firms getting big-time client work.
September 26, 2018
The new firm, with 51 lawyers, will operate under the McManimon, Scotland & Baumann name from that firm's Roseland headquarters, but will maintain offices in Newark and Trenton.
September 26, 2018
"You just can't spend every waking moment of your life thinking about the law," said Stephen Roth, a partner at intellectual property firm Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik.
September 25, 2018
The Law Journal later this year will publish its New Associates Yearbook, and invites law firms to send profile information and photos for their 2018 associate hires, including newly admitted associates and lateral associates.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 24, 2018
We urge the Legislature to act favorably on the proposed legislation. We can see no harm from such enactment and, in the words of Sen. Turner, "the opportunity for the poor to be put on the road to economic and social justice."
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 24, 2018
This is a lesson all attorneys should keep in mind when preparing fee agreements or devising their billing practices.
September 24, 2018
A West Orange woman has received $10 million in Dertouzos v NJ Transit as compensation for having both legs amputated after being run over by a public…
New Jersey Law Journal |Analysis
September 21, 2018
More large New Jersey law offices are growing revenue than are growing attorney population, the Law Journal's annual Top 40 survey has found.
September 20, 2018
Lateral moves involving midsize firms.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 17, 2018
We hope that the Department of Human Services takes the Appellate Division's suggestions to heart and works to translate the court’s common law duty ruling into standard practices.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 17, 2018
Our law continues to evolve in a positive direction.
September 14, 2018
Seven lawyers from Budd Larner, including a longtime member of the firm's leadership, have departed for fellow New Jersey firm Saiber, nearly doubling the size of the latter firm's insurance and reinsurance practice.
September 13, 2018
Midsize firms getting big-time client work.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 10, 2018
Sadly, the report notes that municipal courts have come to be perceived by the public as a means to fund municipalities’ coffers rather than as a means to administer justice. Reforms are urgently needed so that justice in New Jersey municipal courts is fairly administered, and to correct this perception.
September 06, 2018
Lateral moves at midsize and small firms.
September 06, 2018
According to data on fiscal 2017 culled from federal securities filings, average salary among 20 general counsel for publicly held companies based in the state was $448,945.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
September 03, 2018
Although we support the passage of the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, we do not think it goes far enough. We urge its modification to relieve suffering by offering the choice of an early death to the terminally ill who do not fall within its ambit.
August 31, 2018
In a case in which the state of New Jersey became an intervenor on behalf of the federal government earlier this year, a federal judge in Texas refused to issue an injunction against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, though he hinted he might ultimately rule against the program's legality.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 30, 2018
OP-ED: The Law Journal Editorial Board opined that police dash camera and body camera videos should be subject to mandatory disclosure under the state’s Open Public Records Act. As a former chief counsel to the New Jersey Attorney General, I respectfully disagree.
August 29, 2018
It's a colloquialism often used, at least by reputation, by New Jerseyans such as myself: "What exit?"' When travelling far afield and (inevitably)…
August 29, 2018
Lateral moves at midsize firms.
August 29, 2018
Midsize firms getting big-time work.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 27, 2018
Thanks to Holland v. Rosen, New Jersey bail reform appears to be with us without interruption. We only hope that the speedy trial component will be successful, so those in jail or otherwise restrained do not languish without trial, and those at liberty do not experience further delays.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 27, 2018
In Paff v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, our Supreme Court has held in a 4-3 decision that police video recordings are exempt from disclosure under the Open Public Records Act. We believe that the dissent has the better of the argument, and we believe that the issue is of sufficient public importance that the Legislature should address it.
August 23, 2018
Four employment lawyers departed Weston & Hurd for fellow Ohio firm Roetzel & Andress, Crain's Cleveland reports: Partner Nancy A. Noall,…
August 22, 2018
Midsize firms getting big-time client work.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 20, 2018
Congress should enact a specific insider trading statute without further delay. There is simply no downside to it.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 20, 2018
The situation warrants further serious attention. We look for a healthy debate, both public and in the halls of corporate, government and private law offices, of steps to be taken.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 20, 2018
The New Jersey Supreme Court's decision in Sercio v. Rothberg lays down a bright-line rule that will apply clearly in practice, which will avoid confusion and unintended results.
August 16, 2018
Lateral moves, mergers and more at midsize firms.
August 16, 2018
"Most of the time, people get excited when they're dealing with professional challenges," said Joseph Guiliano of Haley Guiliano. "The types of stress that people have a harder time dealing with are institutionally induced."
The Mid Market Report |Analysis
August 16, 2018
"Most of the time, people get excited when they're dealing with professional challenges," said Joseph Guiliano of Haley Guiliano. "The types of stress that people have a harder time dealing with are institutionally induced."
August 16, 2018
New Jersey's government bond market has once again seen fewer bonds issued in the first half of the year, this time dropping off more precipitously.
August 15, 2018
Fowler White Burnett has 75 attorneys in four offices with a focus on health care, products liability, insurance, business transactions, tax issues and maritime.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 13, 2018
It is estimated that there are 30,100 transgender/gender-diverse people living in New Jersey. We welcome these legislative efforts to protect our neighbors and allow them the right to amend vital records to be consistent with their gender identity.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 13, 2018
We commend Chief Justice Stuart Rabner for an opinion that can best be described as a textbook on child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome—its defects and its sole reliable component.
August 13, 2018
A plaintiff will receive $7 million in his Middlesex County suit, Vaidya v. Bank of America, as compensation for injuries he sustained when he slipped…
August 09, 2018
K&L Gates Hires Partner Saltzman to Newark Office K&L Gates announced the addition of real estate lawyer Jody E. Saltzman to the Newark…
The Mid Market Report |Analysis |News
August 09, 2018
"I don't think I could have sustained that," Nicholas Duston said of the 14-hour days he routinely put in during his years in Big Law. "Those people probably don't sleep a lot, and maybe don't need to. But I do."
August 08, 2018
Lateral moves at midsize law firms.
August 08, 2018
Midsize law firms are handling clients' biggest matters.
August 08, 2018
Greenbaum Rowe, Federal Bar Young Lawyer Group Run Equal Representation Seminar; Saiber Joins 2018 New Jersey Corporate Fun Run.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
August 06, 2018
Efforts by current and past administrations to tighten immigration are justified by the need to enforce existing immigration law. The basic premise is unassailable. However, there is at least one other equally unassailable rule: The government must itself follow the law.
August 01, 2018
Lateral moves at midsize law firms.
August 01, 2018
Midsize firms are handling clients' biggest matters.
August 01, 2018
Craig Wittlin, managing partner of Harter Secrest & Emery in upstate New York, discusses his firm's competitive advantages: its partnership structure, low overhead and meaningful work for younger associates.
New Jersey Law Journal |Conversation
July 31, 2018
Publications from around the ALM family are engaging readers on the important issue of stress in the workplace, and we want to hear from you.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 30, 2018
These two interests—the public interest and plaintiffs’ private interest—certainly overlap to a large degree, but they are not coterminous. There are many cases in which plaintiffs are fully able to negotiate settlement agreements, including a nondisclosure provision, that are actually in their best interests.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 30, 2018
We call on the Legislature to evaluate the efficacy of these provisions, and their constitutionality, to prevent the kinds of violence that we saw in Charlottesville, and to consider new statutory measures to avoid such events in our state.
July 30, 2018
An electrician's assistant seriously injured in an explosion while making repairs at a manufacturing facility agreed to a $3.69 million settlement…
July 26, 2018
Lateral moves involving midsize firms.
July 26, 2018
New Jersey law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, in a long-running dispute in which it once was sued itself, was awarded $254,201 in fees based on what the court called "unacceptable" and "shocking" conduct by one of the parties.
July 26, 2018
A. Faith English has joined Lowenstein Sandler as manager of diversity and inclusion, plus Braff Harris adds four.
July 25, 2018
The New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association held its third annual gala on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Mirage Banquet Hall in Edison.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 23, 2018
Continuing Edwards in office from 2012 to 2015 made no sense. Instead, R. 4:71-7 and R.4:67-1 should have been used to test summarily his right to hold office.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 23, 2018
The holding of Victory Entertainment Inc. v. Schibell is sufficiently noteworthy for publication. We welcome the “back to basics” approach.
July 23, 2018
In Wilburn v. Moss, a Neptune man has received $2.2 million as compensation for undergoing amputation of both legs after he developed an infection…
July 20, 2018
Midsize firms are involved in the biggest matters.
July 20, 2018
Stark & Stark Promotes Four Stark & Stark announced that four associates were elected to partner as of July 1, 2018: Ian Abovitz,…
July 19, 2018
With two firms relaunching their programs after yearslong layoffs, the market for summer associates would appear to be primed for something of a renaissance. But overall it's been a slow build in recent years, according to the Law Journal's 2018 survey of summer associate programs.
July 19, 2018
Federal Bar Install New Officers, Honors Chagares; Chen Gets Rutgers Law Alumni Award.
July 19, 2018
"We would be making a mistake if we were to relax and enjoy the fact that we’re in a growing market, or to think that we can succeed without constantly adapting and adding value."
July 17, 2018
"I think McCarter & English wants to be a good neighbor," Newark Mayor Baraka said. "We're developing a relationship, and we want to create that kind of relationship with all the institutions in the city."
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 16, 2018
The majority opinion followed settled law. The problem is that the settled law is itself xenophobic, grudging, arbitrary and indifferent to constitutional norms that apply within the United States.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 16, 2018
We do not comment on the political issues or comments. Our concern is about process. The Office of Pardon Attorney, in its present form, dates back to 1865. The system has worked well for years, and we urge that its historical significance be continued.
July 16, 2018
The family of a man who died after having drinks at a bar in Jersey City and then driving his car into the Morris Canal Basin agreed to a $1.75 million settlement in a Middlesex County dram shop case, Pych v. Powerhouse Lounge, on May 10.
July 13, 2018
Among a slate of federal judicial nominations put forward by President Donald Trump on Friday were two for Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Court of Common Please Judge John Milton Younge was renominated to the Eastern District, and Nicholas Ranjan of K&L Gates was nominated to the Western District.
The Mid Market Report |Analysis
July 13, 2018
The dynamic—that entities unable or unwilling to bankroll staff lawyers turn to law firms for outside general counsel—is not new. But just how readily law…
New Jersey Law Journal | |News
July 13, 2018
New Jersey lawyers and judges, and their extracurricular activities.
July 12, 2018
Midsize firms active in the lateral market.
July 12, 2018
Midsize firms are getting big-time work.
New Jersey Law Journal | |News
July 12, 2018
Gibbons Launches Child Advocacy Team; Pearlman & Miranda Brings On Partner Caccavelli; Orloff Lowenbach Adds Associate Tilipman Alexander; Curtis Joins Maser Consulting as GC.
July 10, 2018
Here's how each New Jersey firm, in order of firmwide head count, stacked up.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 09, 2018
American lawyers speak regularly of the rule of law and our fervent support for that. What goes unexplored is the clash between support for someone else’s rule of law except when it conflicts with our rule of law
New Jersey Law Journal |Analysis |Commentary
July 09, 2018
In our view, the Supreme Court in 'Dunbar Homes, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Franklin Township' has carefully threaded the needle, implementing the legislative decision to prevent municipalities from impeding development, while making it difficult for developers to utilize last-minute tactics that thwart well-conceived community plans.
New Jersey Law Journal |Analysis
July 02, 2018
"I really think the firms we're reading about are a relatively small group of firms serving a different type of client than we are," said W. Raymond Felton of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis. "And by 'we,' I don't mean just Greenbaum—I mean most law firms in New Jersey."
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 02, 2018
This case represents blatant and severe interference with judicial independence. One can only imagine how California judges sitting on criminal cases will react when it comes time to impose sentences, given this event. In New Jersey there is no provision for recall of judges.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
July 02, 2018
We suggest a different take on the case, one that does not bode well for even-handed decision making by an aggressive Supreme Court conservative majority.
July 02, 2018
A man who underwent spinal surgery after a rear-end accident was paid a $1.2 million settlement in his Morris County suit, Weintraub v. Cook, in May.
June 28, 2018
Midsize firms making moves in the lateral market.
June 27, 2018
Video profiles of each Attorney of the Year finalist were played at the Law Journal's Professional Excellence event on June 21. View those videos here.
June 27, 2018
"The fact that we have a favorable rate differential works to our benefit, but that is not why we get the work," Gregg Eisneberg says. "We can stand toe-to-toe with our peers at the Big Law firms."
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
June 25, 2018
Gov. Murphy has relinquished an opportunity both for high-level patronage and for partisan revenge. In this age of increasingly bitter political polarization, the decision speaks well both for the governor and for the state.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
June 25, 2018
The narrow ruling in favor of the baker was an artful dodge and might even have been sagacious. But on the merits, it is almost of no consequence.
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