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War of Words on Verbal Threshold Opens Supreme Court's New Term
The state Supreme Court opens its fall term with arguments on whether certain automobile-injury plaintiffs have to cross a judicial threshold to get verbal threshold cases to a jury.Keeping the Home Fires Burning
Daniel Waldman stands for loosening the reins of "best practices," revitalizing the New Jersey State Bar's role in vetting judicial nominees, easing up on permanent disbarment and making sure multijurisdictional practice doesn't mean a New Jersey land rush for out-of-state firms. "I like to help lawyers, bottom-line," says Waldman, who'll be sworn in tonight as president at the Bar's annual meeting.Ethics Crusaders Crush 'SuperLawyers'
A New Jersey Supreme Court ethics panel knocked "SuperLawyers" and "Best Lawyers in America" out of the business of ranking New Jersey lawyers last week by prohibiting attorneys from advertising their inclusion and taking part in the selection process. Word of the Committee on Attorney Advertising's opinion spread quickly among legal marketers around the country and touched off a frenzied review of ad campaigns, Web sites and letterheads at New Jersey firms whose attorneys are on the lists.Cite as: Roberts v. Health and Hospitals Corp., 112247/10, NYLJ 1202499641918, at *1 (App. Div. 1st, Decided July 7, 2011)vBefore: Richard T. Andrias, J.P., Joh
Pro Bono Drops at Top 20 Firms as Sept. 11 Claims, Other Cases Fall Off
Pro bono work at New Jersey's top 20 law firms fell slightly in 2003. The average pro bono score dropped 1.65 percent - the first decline since 1996. Even as the firms bulked up with 81 new lawyers, total pro bono hours were down by 837 - a slight dip to be sure, but standing in sharp contrast to across-the-board hikes in revenues and profits.Pedestrian Hit by Truck Settles for $2.5 Million in Brain-Damage Suit
Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.BASF and its former lawyers at Cahill Gordon won a resounding victory on Wednesday when a federal judge in New Jersey dismissed a purported class action that accused them of suppressing and destroying evidence in connection with thousands of asbestos suits.
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