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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.
December 14, 2018
A former steel worker from Toms River will receive $5.3 million as compensation for injuries he sustained when an under-construction airport hangar…
December 14, 2018
"The threshold question is, what are people already calling you? The reality is, your marketplace is already calling you this. Let's agree with them. Let's simply reflect the marketplace."
New Jersey Law Journal |Analysis
December 13, 2018
It's not unusual for law firms to collect a disproportionately large share of their annual revenue in the fourth quarter, with much of that coming in just before year's end, but how hectic the holiday week is, if at all, varies widely, according to New Jersey law firm leaders.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
December 10, 2018
Trial judges face a sometimes unenviable task on motion days, often with a dozen or more motions to review and decide in a limited number of hours on alternate Fridays. We do not envy them. But in this case, the Appellate Division called out errors that were clearly avoidable and caused additional work for both the parties and the court system.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
December 10, 2018
We believe there is ample justification for the Supreme Court to reverse the Appellate Division, and not leave these unfortunate survivors to a legal malpractice action against their first lawyer.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
December 10, 2018
It is reported that at last month’s Federalist Society convention, Judge Thomas Hardiman of the Third Circuit proposed, “I would probably institute a new federal rule that said all cases worth less than $500,000 will be tried without any discovery.” If true, the statement is outrageous.
December 07, 2018
A Union County jury returned a $20 million verdict in a medical malpractice suit, Tapia v. Alam, on Oct. 24, though the plaintiff is to recover…
New Jersey Law Journal |Research
December 07, 2018
Seeing fit to expand its target list to include lawmakers in addition to jurists, the tort-reform group known for issuing an annual report declaring certain jurisdictions "judicial hellholes" has taken to task the New Jersey Legislature for what it calls a pro-plaintiff series of measures, but offers some rare praise to the New Jersey Supreme Court,
The Mid Market Report |Analysis
December 06, 2018
"I think that's kind of the Minnesota way," said Heather Kliebenstein of Minneapolis-based Merchant & Gould. "The Minnesota legal field is about relationships and knowing who you're doing business with."
December 05, 2018
Archer & Greiner, with its managing partner's vow to "do whatever it takes" to promote diversity and inclusion at the New Jersey-based firm, has named a chief diversity officer.
December 03, 2018
The family of a boy struck by a police vehicle while crossing the street was paid a $1.5 million settlement in a federal court suit, Estate of McCloskey…
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 30, 2018
All presidents select and nominate judges who they think will best advance and uphold their agenda. In that respect, there are “Obama judges” just as there are “Trump judges,” and that reality must be recognized. On the other hand, we believe the chief justice, as the leader of the federal Judiciary, was warranted in saying what he did.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 30, 2018
The careful scientific analysis undertaken by the special master and adopted by the court is especially important in this state, and reminds us of the importance of science and scientific analysis in today’s world where scientific evidence is too often ignored.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 30, 2018
We think the tenant’s position was an untenable “stretch” and the Appellate Division got it absolutely right. The tenant was correctly evicted.
November 30, 2018
"There's a great opportunity for mid-market firms to do superior branding," said Ross Fishman of Fishman Marketing. Midsize firms "can have stronger cultures, more defined cultures, because they aren't the product of countless mergers."
New Jersey Law Journal |Slideshow
November 29, 2018
Courts' focus on arbitration clauses and their validity, as well as the arbitrability of disputes more generally, is nothing new, but such has been a focal point of numerous court opinions and proceedings in New Jersey since the 2018-19 court year began in September.
New Jersey Law Journal |Slideshow
November 28, 2018
With the year drawing to a close, we offer here another chance to "meet" these remarkable practitioners, and encourage you to take another look—or perhaps a first look, if you didn't have time in October—to read the insights they were kind enough to share with us.
November 27, 2018
The Appellate Division upheld dismissal of a legal malpractice action against Margulies Wind by a former client involved in estate litigation, but in the process the panel remanded an award of $353,683 to the New Jersey firm for further proceedings.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 23, 2018
The Constitution, it seems to us, provides the answer. The continued service of Whitaker will create issues with regard to the legitimacy and validity of any actions he takes. The position should be filled by the deputy attorney general or other available Senate-confirmed officer.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 23, 2018
At a minimum, the lesson to be learned is to raise the issue early in litigation.
November 19, 2018
Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono is entitled to some of the $184,000 previously awarded to it in litigation against a former client, a state appeals court has said, although it reversed and remanded on some points.
November 19, 2018
In Henry v. Community Coach, an Englewood woman will receive $975,000 as compensation for injuries she sustained when the bus on which she was riding…
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 19, 2018
The Appellate Division has introduced a new element for an arbitration contract that will require parties to rewrite their pre-dispute arbitration clauses—for no reason. Our Supreme Court should review the matter and reverse before further mischief upsets the federal and state statutory scheme in place for decades.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 19, 2018
On the exact difference between claiming “expertise” and claiming to be an “expert,” the committee is silent. A clarification would be helpful.
November 16, 2018
The Law Journal's annual data project review, plus the Largest Law Firms listing.
New Jersey Law Journal |Analysis
November 16, 2018
New Jersey lawyers who have held the post say it's the type—not only the quantum—of stress that can threaten burnout.
November 14, 2018
"We have clients who are not fond of big law fees and they know that they can get sophisticated legal talent from a smaller firm like ours without the big law price," Bill Munck said.
November 12, 2018
A husband and wife who suffered back and neck injuries in a collision with a dump truck agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in their Monmouth County…
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 12, 2018
However the justices decide the present case before them, the moral to trial attorneys is simply this: Be alert to potential error in an adversary’s trial presentation and make the appropriate objection, with underlying legal argument, at the time of its occurrence.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 12, 2018
This is an extremely important statute, revamping, modifying and to some extent nullifying judicial precedent. As far as we can determine, it has received little publicity and no testimony pro or con, during committee hearings. Before passage, our legislators should stop, look and listen.
The Mid Market Report |Analysis
November 08, 2018
"The threshold question is, what are people already calling you? The reality is, your marketplace is already calling you this. Let's agree with them. Let's simply reflect the marketplace."
New Jersey Law Journal |Profile
November 05, 2018
This year's 20 Top Women in Law honorees include lawyers from a variety of practices, but there are some common traits among them: entrepreneurship, scholarship, leadership, mentorship, and more.
November 02, 2018
“The President had not satisfied the several criteria for certification of the issues that concern him,” U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte wrote.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
November 02, 2018
These “take it or leave it” mandatory arbitration agreements fit the classic hornbook definition of an unlawful contract of adhesion. Given the present climate, we regret not much can be done except voluntary surrender of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration by companies such as Uber and Microsoft. At best, we caution our readers to know what they are signing, and if they have any bargaining power, resist such clauses.
November 02, 2018
Jane Fearn-Zimmer handles elder and disability law, special needs planning, asset protection, tax, and estate planning and administration…
November 02, 2018
Lisa Gorab of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer in Woodbridge recently took over as chair of the public finance practice. She is assistant managing…
November 02, 2018
Sharmila Jaipersaud, a partner in the health care and corporate and business law practice groups at Schenck, Price, Smith & King in Florham Park,…
November 02, 2018
Wendy Johnson Lario practices in the New Jersey office of Greenberg Traurig and chairs the firm's labor and employment practice. As a practitioner,…
November 02, 2018
Brenda Liss, who for 30 years has been representing school districts and private and charter schools, was recently chosen as general counsel to the…
November 02, 2018
Jennifer Weisberg Millner is a partner at Stark & Stark in Lawrenceville handling significant family law cases and helping push the law forward.…
November 02, 2018
Since joining McCarter & English as pro bono director two years ago, Michelle Movahed has helped bring about increases in firmwide pro bono hours…
November 02, 2018
Carrie Parikh recently became chief operating officer in the New Jersey governor's Office of Information Technology and chief data and privacy officer…
November 02, 2018
Beth Rose chairs the products liability practice, co-chairs the litigation department, and leads the women's initiative at Sills Cummis & Gross…
November 02, 2018
This year, Michelle Schaap of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi in West Orange began her term as president of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association…
November 02, 2018
Kathleen Barnett Einhorn of Genova Burns in Newark is the first woman in the firm's history to serve as an executive committee member and the first…
November 02, 2018
Karolina Dehnhard, who handles divorce, custody and other family law matters, recently made partner at Budd Larner in Short Hills after seven years…
November 02, 2018
Barbara Casey, a real estate partner in the Cherry Hill office of Ballard Spahr, has earned a reputation as an influential practitioner over the course…
November 02, 2018
Kathleen Boozang, dean of Seton Hall University School of Law since 2015 and a member of law school leadership long before that, oversaw…
November 02, 2018
Mary-Alice Barrett, assistant general counsel for Genentech Inc., has played a critical role in defense of the long-running Accutane mass tort litigation…
November 02, 2018
Since founding Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group in 2009, Bari Weinberger has helped the firm grow to 25 attorneys, some 50 staff, and six…
November 02, 2018
Susan Sharko is a partner in the Florham Park office of Drinker Biddle & Reath and head of the firm's products liability and mass tort practice…
November 02, 2018
Anna Maria Tejada is a partner at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in Hackensack, where she heads the labor and employment group in New Jersey. She founded what's…
November 02, 2018
Rose Suriano, a litigation partner at Brach Eichler in Roseland, has built a reputation for taking on difficult cases, including one recent…
November 02, 2018
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis partner Andrea Sullivan in recent years has represented a variety of clients in family, professional negligence…
The Mid Market Report |Analysis
November 01, 2018
"There's a great opportunity for mid-market firms to do superior branding," said Ross Fishman of Fishman Marketing. Midsize firms "can have stronger cultures, more defined cultures, because they aren't the product of countless mergers."
October 26, 2018
In Phillips v. Klein, a Teaneck woman is to receive $1.63 million as compensation for injuries she sustained in an auto accident. Plaintiff Lorna…
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 26, 2018
The mere fact that our justices were so deeply divided on this interpretive issue is strong empirical evidence that this test is quite malleable and will enable the judiciary to assert a strong and often decisive role in administrative policy disputes between the Legislature and the executive.
October 26, 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.
October 23, 2018
"We recognize that our attorneys have lives outside of work; we offer a true work-life balance environment and don’t have a minimum billable hours requirement," said Cassin & Cassin managing partner Michael Hurley.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 22, 2018
We applaud its accomplishments in its 50 years of existence, and underscore what we believe to be the most important of all: the SCI has reported on subjects which led to statutory, regulatory and administrative changes within government which have saved taxpayers millions of dollars in possible bureaucratic waste and mismanagement.
New Jersey Law Journal |Commentary
October 22, 2018
The lesson of Violent Nelson for litigators is a reminder that in the context of trust and will interpretation, New Jersey courts reject the “plain meaning” rule and adopt a more modern view. The case is also a lesson for litigators: Sometimes grandchildren are not grandchildren.
October 22, 2018
In Gosselin vs. PVSC Sewerage Commission, a former employee of a contractor for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission is to receive $2.28 million…
October 18, 2018
"Diversity and inclusion is a discipline," A. Faith English said. "There's a depth of knowledge that's become a part of this space. You don't become a surgeon just because you go to medical school."
October 17, 2018
Critchley of Critchley Kinum & DeNoia in Roseland will serve as counsel to the New Jersey Senate panel tasked with investigating issues connected to Albert J. Alvarez, who resigned as New Jersey Schools Development Authority chief of staff amid accusations he assaulted a woman while working on the governor’s transition team in early 2017.
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.
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
It's little wonder Denver is currently experiencing an influx of out-of-towners: Business is booming, and people like living there for a variety of reasons. As it turns out, those are reasons enough to sustain law firms, and attract law firms from elsewhere. But, as the city's homegrown firms have come to find, even a boom market can get crowded.
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.
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