Charles Toutant

January 26, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Native American law, long a well-established practice area west of the Mississippi, is gaining ground at eastern law firms as tribes displaced in the 19th century seek to reclaim ancestral lands - and make them instantly profitable.

By Charles Toutant

8 minute read

September 11, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a year marked by troubled economic times, progress has been elusive for the numbers of minority and women lawyers at the state's 20 largest law firms. The proportion of lawyers who are black, Hispanic or Asian declined slightly over last year, while that of women lawyers remained about the same.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

April 02, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

With its revenue from its largest single funding source plummeting to about half what it was last year, Legal Services of New Jersey is asking the state to help make up the difference.

By By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

February 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A loan contract's prohibition on counterclaims is unenforceable because it acts to prevent related disputes being resolved in the same litigation, a state appeals court rules in a case of first impression.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

October 09, 2007 | Law.com

Homeowners squeezed by the subprime mortgage crisis are turning up in New Jersey's federal court, where a half-dozen suits accuse lenders and mortgage brokers of promising favorable terms and then substituting costlier ones, which violates the federal Truth in Lending Act, as well as state and common law. A handful of similar suits have made headlines around the country. One blogger notes that if TILA suits succeed, then subprime mortgage investors could face trouble based on the law's rescission remedy.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

September 18, 2009 | Law.com

A judge hit with ethics charges over his in-court reference to a group linked to Adolf Hitler says the remark was not anti-Semitic and was meant to diffuse animosity between opposing counsel. In an answer filed Tuesday, William Wertheimer, a New Jersey Superior Court judge since 1984, explained the context of his remark and underscored his contrition for having caused offense.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 19, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a move to end the gridlock accompanying New Jersey's adoption of a new device to prove drunken driving cases, the state Supreme Court has taken over the test case that will establish the machine's scientific reliability.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

November 18, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three weeks after a judge ordered the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to release to a newspaper unredacted copies of contracts with concert and event promoters, it hasn't.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

July 20, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two small Pennsylvania law firms have happily fallen under the letterhead of New Jersey firms looking to set up shop across the river.

By Charles Toutant and Gina Passarella

3 minute read

July 25, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Safety concerns about a liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for the New Jersey side of the Delaware River have touched off a border war that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read