Charles Toutant

November 24, 2004 | Law.com

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

April 02, 2007 | Law.com

A New Jersey family court judge was out of line in sanctioning a lawyer for contempt after she was turned away from a "closed" proceeding, an appeals court says. The panel found no basis on the record for Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Fred Kieser Jr.'s decision to hold solo Ida Cambria in summary contempt and fine her $100. Meanwhile, amidst general complaints about courtroom closures, Assignment Judge Robert Longhi reminded judges that proceedings are to be open except as dictated by court rules.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

December 05, 2005 | Law.com

Plaintiff lawyers say the FDA directive appears to have prompted more users of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to seek counsel.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

February 28, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A special education teacher's use of a student's confidential psychiatric evaluation to teach a class on The Catcher in the Rye was a privacy violation, a federal judge says.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 25, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

The choice of Peter Sheridan, a GOP stalwart from Mercer County, to fill a federal judgeship in Camden has riled local lawyers and politicians, who see it as yet another case of "North Jersey" carpetbagging.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 22, 2000 | Law.com

A New Jersey judge must determine whether the state's Shield Law, which protects news reporters' notes, can be pierced when a reporter gets too close to a source. Lawyers for Fred Neulander, a Cherry Hill rabbi charged with arranging his wife's death, are seeking to obtain notes and records from a newspaper reporter who helped police arrest an accomplice to the murder.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

June 13, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a case of first impression in New Jersey, a trial judge has certified a class-action suit in behalf of hospital patients who claim a production company invaded their privacy by the filming of a reality television show in the emergency room.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 06, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the contested election for State Bar Association secretary, the first rung on the ladder to the presidency, Angela White Dalton and Ivette Alvarez are tussling over the use of State Bar e-mail systems for campaign purposes.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 26, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit to overturn New Jersey's mandatory DNA testing of criminals. The Mercer County suit asserts that collection of biological samples violates the rights of privacy and "bodily integrity" and also flouts constitutional due process and ex post facto provisions. The suit was triggered by the expansion last fall of the DNA collection law.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

May 17, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

At age 64, Ed McCreedy's laid-back, country-club style is about to be tested in a prickly way. On Thursday, he takes the oath of president of the New Jersey State Bar Association at a time when lawyers - especially trial lawyers - feel as though they're under siege.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read