Charles Toutant

August 13, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Union County, N.J., Superior Court Judge William Wertheimer was charged Tuesday with violating ethics canons by creating the impression of religious and ethnic bias when he made a remark in court about an organization that has been linked to Adolf Hitler.

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April 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal government on Tuesday imposed a $569,000 penalty on New Jersey Transit for its retaliation against an employee who reported a work-related injury, finding a "reckless disregard for the law and complete indifference for complainant's rights."

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August 19, 2010 | Law.com

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the European Space Agency is subject to a 1976 statute limiting immunity of international organizations. OSS Nokalva, based in Somerset, N.J., sued the agency in May 2008 in Somerset County Superior Court, alleging that it breached its licenses by distributing software to third parties and failed to pay for certain software. OSS Nokalva sought $2 million in damages. The space agency removed the suit to federal court in June 2008 and sought to dismiss on immunity grounds.

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July 23, 2009 | Law.com

Bias against women and minority attorneys in New Jersey's courts may be in the eye of the beholder, but even if that's all it is, the state needs to remedy the matter, according to a new survey. Women and minority attorneys are far more likely than their male and white colleagues to perceive race and gender bias, the study by the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts concluded. Those results point up a need for training on bias awareness for judges and court staff.

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December 13, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday rules that neither the attorney-client privilege nor alleged due process violations excuse a lawyer from answering to a grand jury on his role as adviser to founders of a social club that turned out to be an illegal gambling hall.

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September 17, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Robert Marshall, New Jersey`s most death-eligible convict, isn`t dead yet, and neither is the chance that his execution will be postponed indefinitely.

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October 05, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's attorney discipline system has enough cash on hand to keep lawyers' registration fees flat for another year, even while spending exceeds revenue, the system's fiscal overseers say.

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November 01, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trenton Chief Municipal Judge Renee Lamarre Sumners, who was temporarily removed from the bench amid disclosures that she was the subject of an arrest warrant and wrote a series of bad checks, has been restored to her post.

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August 17, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Mounting New Jersey litigation over claimed adverse health effects of pain-relieving pumps implanted under the skin has been transferred to federal court.

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March 26, 2007 | Law.com

With the New Jersey Supreme Court about to evaluate the accuracy of the state's new drunken-driver breath tester, the manufacturer wants to intervene -- lest it be handed a big bill. Draeger Safety Diagnostics takes issue with part of a special master's report that gave a green light to routine admission of the Alcotest machine's readings in drunken driving cases, without need of expert testimony. The report conditions approval on Draeger's agreement to bear the cost of software testing by a third party.

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