Charles Toutant

December 28, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who studies federal judicial nominations, called the act of sending back the name "part of the culture wars, part of the basic politicization and partisanship that goes on" and a "stick in Biden's eye that wastes resources and time."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 27, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The issue of cross-border jurisdiction in clergy abuse suits has come up often in New Jersey courts because the state has relaxed the statute of limitations for civil suits by adult survivors of sexual abuse since 2019, while Pennsylvania has not enacted such a law.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 27, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

While new case filings in Middlesex County are the second-highest in the state so far this year, judges are "really trying to think outside of the box to give us a little more trial certainty and keep things moving," Maureen Goodman said.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Governor Murphy was proud to sign a tough sanctions law against the Russian government in response to Russia's brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and is disappointed that a federal court has prevented the state from enforcing that law," a spokesman for the governor said.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Yursil Kidwai learned about the monitoring of his calls when the prosecutor's office inadvertently produced a detective's memo during discovery in a criminal case, the suit claims.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We offer you a heads-up about the next developments in some important and, hopefully, compelling cases that will be making headlines in early 2024.

By Charles Toutant

9 minute read

December 21, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Whether it was the selection and confirmation of new judges, or the latest on judges who got in trouble, or obituaries of veteran jurists, Law Journal readers seemed to have endless interest in news involving men and women in robes.

By Charles Toutant

8 minute read

December 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Cyber-criminals can cross-reference two sources of PHI to marry unregulated data available elsewhere to criminally stolen data with an astonishingly complete scope and degree of accuracy in order to assemble complete dossiers on individuals," the suit said.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

December 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

For matrimonial lawyers and judges in Cumberland County, the judge shortage has created a situation "like we're practicing in the emergency room. We're in triage, trying to put out a fire here and a fire there, with so many cases having emergencies," attorney Jose Silva Jr. said earlier in the year.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

December 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The problem is ... they're still going to have one of the heaviest caseloads in the country. And it's still going to be hard to move cases efficiently through the district court in New Jersey," Daniel Fleming said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read