Charles Toutant

December 22, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Same-sex couples are promised all the benefits and protections of heterosexual marriage under New Jersey's civil union law. But since the law doesn't spell out most of those rights, fulfilling its promise will require vigilance, public information and, in some cases, litigation.

By Charles Toutant and Michael Booth

7 minute read

July 20, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New York lawyer is subject to personal jurisdiction in New Jersey for purposes of a malpractice suit, even though he has no presence in the state, because the consequences here of his actions were predictable, a court says.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 12, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

The state judiciary has yielded some ground in its battle to put through quietly a judge's sex bias suit against the courts.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

May 10, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Middlesex County Superior Court has become a testing ground for new trial technology. It is about to offer the only New Jersey courtrooms where lawyers can access the Internet - and for free.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

July 09, 2009 | Law.com

A New Jersey special master has recommended disbarment for David Gross -- who for 20 years was Budd Larner's managing partner -- for pocketing $50,000 from a client instead of depositing the money into the firm account. Though Gross insisted the money was a gift from a satisfied client, Special Master David Cramp was persuaded by testimony from Gross' former secretary that Gross instructed her to delete from the firm's computer system a letter he sent to the client about the payment.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

May 20, 2003 | Law.com

After years of tech-related phase outs, a new technology is helping court stenographers make a comeback. It's called real-time transcription: a computerized system that instantly converts a stenographer's keystrokes into text that crawls along a video screen like a news ticker. The captioning allows the hearing-impaired to follow the case, but it's also becoming popular with lawyers who want immediate downloads of trial transcripts.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

February 17, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

More vehicles on New Jersey roads may soon be sporting a new accessory: a mechanical sobriety test for people convicted of drunken driving.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

July 24, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Rosemarie Williams, whose off-the-bench antisocial behavior got her disciplined five years ago, has been recommended for another ethics sanction, this time in connection with a conviction for drunken driving.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

August 02, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Though the dust has scarcely settled in this year's law-firm salary derby, the 2007 race is already heating up.

By Charles Toutant ALM

3 minute read

September 11, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Public employers are hopelessly outmatched by private firms in pay offers to recent law graduates, both nationally and regionally, a new survey reports. But salaries for New Jersey prosecutors, public defenders and legal services lawyers are higher than the national and Northeastern averages.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read