Charles Toutant

November 11, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a ruling that is sure to hearten attorneys defending illegal weapons cases, a federal judge says police officers violated the Fourth Amendment by a warrantless "stop and frisk" of a suspect on a city street, even though he gave his consent.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

May 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Verizon Wireless is charged in a putative class action suit in federal court in New Jersey with "cramming," the practice of allowing unauthorized charges from third-party companies to be added to its customers' phone bills without verification of their authenticity.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

February 20, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

With civil unions now the law in New Jersey, the state will recognize same-sex relationships formed under the laws of other states and foreign nations, but not all same-sex relationships will be treated the same, the state attorney general says.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

November 02, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three plaintiffs' class-action firms have vowed to appeal Monday's federal court ruling in Newark, N.J., that preliminarily approved a $225 million settlement of a class action against accounting giant KPMG and its lawyers, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 19, 2001 | Law.com

Still reeling from mass defections in key practice areas, Buchanan Ingersoll's Princeton, N.J., office is doing unto other firms what's been done unto it: grabbing portable, stand-alone practice groups. The firm acquired the bankruptcy group from Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer of Woodbridge, N.J. The hirings came on the heels of Buchanan's announcement of plans to open a new office in Wilmington, Del.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

December 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Blank Rome is opening a Princeton office with five litigation partners from Saul Ewing's office there, hoping that a central New Jersey presence will make it a more formidable competitor in the state. The defectors -- John Pribish, Seth Lapidow, Michael Conlan, Adrienne Rogove and Virginia White -- say they are drawn by the promise of greater opportunities with a larger firm. Blank Rome has 440 lawyers in nine offices, while Saul Ewing has 282 lawyers in nine offices.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 03, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

After nearly two years of holding their breaths, municipal court judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers must start handling DWI trials based on Alcotest results - and it's going slowly.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

January 04, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Complex litigation keeps growing in New Jersey's federal courts, prompting a 30 percent increase in the number of federal magistrate judges.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

July 24, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

In her last rotation of judges before her retirement this fall, Chief Justice Deborah Poritz fired one last barrage at the glass ceiling in the judiciary, consistent with her pledge to promote women judges to presiding roles

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 06, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Criminal investigation files are off limits under the Open Public Records Act, but common law compels the Attorney General's Office to open them to the media, a Mercer County judge has ruled.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read