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August 13, 2010 |

After Hours

Extracurricular activities.
2 minute read
July 19, 2007 |

N.J. Republican Lawyer Nominated to Fill Alito Seat on 3rd Circuit

Shalom Stone, a Republican lawyer from New Jersey, is the White House choice to fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s seat on the 3rd Circuit. The nomination was made without input from the state's two Democratic senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez. The senators were unhappy about being shut out of the selection process and about President Bush abandoning the presumptive nominee, U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman, who was the lead prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
3 minute read
April 10, 2007 |

New Jersey Citizen Action Inc. v. County of Bergen

Plaintiffs' complaint alleging that Bergen County made loans to a private entity that lacked adequate consideration, and were not limited to execution of any public purpose, states a cause of action for which relief can be granted.
5 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read
May 09, 2000 |

Non-Profits Can Claim Business Loss Damages

Non-profit corporations can claim damages for lost business opportunities, just as for-profit corporations can, a New York appellate court ruled in a case of first impression. A unanimous panel said that since non-profits receive income, they can suffer lost opportunities to gain income. And if those lost opportunities can be connected to a defendant's wrongdoing, they are recoverable in court.
3 minute read
March 14, 2011 |

Commentary: Clarity Enables Understanding, Permitting Persuasion

Readers can't be persuaded until they understand what they are reading, and they can't understand what isn't clear, writes Kenneth F. Oettle. Clarity is so important and so lacking in the average brief that courts hunger for it. If you provide it, they will be grateful and will reward you. One of the recurring tasks of a brief writer, whether for summaries, point headings, preliminary statements or conclusions, is to distill the essence of an argument.
5 minute read
February 11, 2003 |

Space Case

Excess real estate is a problem plaguing a whole host of Bay Area law firms. Firms that bet the farm on the technology boom are suffering, and so are some with more traditional practices. The problem is simply that many are saddled with expensive leases and took on too much space when times were good. Now they're having a hard time paying their rent, and they aren't finding anyone to sublease the excess.
7 minute read
January 15, 2004 |

Law School Under Discrimination Inquiry

Seton Hall University School of Law is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly discriminating against white law students, according to officials at the school and the department.
6 minute read
July 13, 2012 |

DEP's Waiver Rules

Does common sense have a role in environmental regulation?
7 minute read
March 31, 2010 |

Stengart v. Loving Care Agency Inc.

An employee may reasonably expect that e-mail communications with her lawyer through her personal, password-protected, Web-based e-mail account would remain private, and that sending and receiving them using a company laptop did not eliminate the attorney-client privilege.
5 minute read

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