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For the second time in ten years, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to establish regulatory cleanup standards for contaminated soils.New Court Rules You Needed -- and Some You Didn't
A 2-inch thick raft of changes to the New Jersey rules of court is due to be implemented Sept. 3. Highlights of the changes include: allowing jurors to ask questions in civil trials; shielding initial drafts of expert reports from the pretrial discovery process; raising the dollar limits of suits in small claims and special civil courts; and allowing the state's high court to suspend judges more easily.Summer Associates Are N.J. Firms' Fall Hires
New Jersey's largest firms are offering full-time jobs to this year's summer associates at a rate of 87 percent. Hiring partners and coordinators say it's a sign that this year's crop worked hard and that the firms made accurate estimates of their entry level lawyer needs for 2006. At the 18 big firms that have decided on offers to summer associates, 97 of the 110 eligible students were picked.Defenses to Preference Actions
One of your bigger customers has filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy court, leaving you with unpaid invoices. To add insult to injury, you receive a summons and complaint in the mail from the lawyers for your debtor or the bankruptcy trustee suing your company for recovery of payments that you received from the debtor within the 90 days prior to the bankruptcy based upon the preference section of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. What are your options?Prominent Lawyers, Judges Call for Downward Departure
Twenty-nine prominent former federal judges and attorneys have signed an amicus curiae brief urging a Utah federal judge to depart from a mandatory minimum sentence against a defendant charged with possession of firearms and various drug charges. The list of impressive names underscores the intensity of the ongoing debate over mandatory minimum sentences. The amicus brief argues that mandatory minimum sentences violates the Eighth Amendment for cruel and unusual punishment.Five Ways for Young Attorneys to Survive in a Precarious Economy
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