June 02, 2010 | Law.com
New Jersey Summer Programs WitherNew Jersey law firms suspended or scaled back their 2010 summer associate programs, concerned in part about the prospects for extending permanent offers. Of 20 firms surveyed, 10 reduced their summer programs and six eliminated them, at least at their New Jersey offices.
By Charles Toutant
6 minute read
September 25, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lawyers Wrangle Over N.J. Venue for Taiwan Magnate's $10 Billion EstateLawyers are preparing for battle in Essex County over whether the $10 billion estate of Taiwanese industrialist Wang Yung-Ching, who died intestate last year in his Short Hills home, should be administered in New Jersey, in whole or in part, and which law should apply.
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
April 13, 2007 | Law.com
Litigation Over Collapse of Casino Garage Settles for $101 MillionLitigation over the 2003 parking garage collapse at Atlantic City, N.J.'s Tropicana Casino Resort that killed four workers and injured 32 others has settled for $101 million, lawyers in the case announced Wednesday. The settlement was the product of three months of negotiations under the auspices of a Superior Court judge whom the parties asked to monitor the case after private mediation failed. Defendants included contractors, engineering and architectural firms, and the corporate owners of the Tropicana.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
October 25, 2000 | Law.com
New Jersey Public Policy Think Tank Urges Expanding Drug Courts StatewideSpecial drug courts that hold out rehabilitation instead of punishment for nonviolent substance abusers should be the rule, not the exception, in New Jersey, a local public policy group says in a report based on a three-year study. Leadership New Jersey has issued a comprehensive report calling for drug courts --now operating on a pilot basis in seven counties -- to be expanded to all 21.
By Charles Toutant
6 minute read
August 22, 2007 | Law.com
N.J. Judge Sued Over Handling of Scratched Maserati IncidentWhen New Jersey Judge George R. Korpita emerged from a restaurant and saw scratches on his Maserati and Warren Hartzman leaning on it, he did not respond in a judicial manner, according to a federal suit. Kopita allegedly used profanity, threatened violence and called Hartzman an "idiot" for not knowing how valuable the car was. Hartzman was charged with scratching the car, and while the case was pending on Korpita's docket, the judge pressured Hartzman to pay for the damage, Hartzman claims.
By Charles Toutant
6 minute read
June 23, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal
Casual Advice to Sister Draws Lawyer And His Firm Into a Malpractice SuitDefendants in a legal malpractice case are seeking to make Wolff & Samson partner Laurence Smith and his firm responsible for informal advice he gave his sister during her divorce.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
August 08, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal
More Proof of Blight Needed To Condemn Waterfront TractsA New Jersey appeals court on Thursday used the long coattails of a state Supreme Court precedent to find that the city of Long Branch failed to make its case that a stretch of oceanfront property is blighted and thus susceptible to redevelopment.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
September 30, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal
Jail Sentences Vary Widely Among New Jersey's Federal JudgesAn analysis of criminal case data from the past 10 years shows starkly differing sentencing records among New Jersey's federal judges. During the period from 1992 through 2001, Judge Garrett Brown handed down an average prison sentence of 47.9 months, while Judge Mary Little Cooper`s average was 33.6 months.
By Charles Toutant
3 minute read
July 17, 2001 | Law.com
No-Work, No-Pay Rule Stricken for New Jersey Public EmployeesA divided New Jersey Supreme Court did away with the 142-year-old common-law doctrine of "no work, no pay," saying it was better suited to the time of Charles Dickens than today's workplace. In a divided ruling, the court reinstated an arbitrator's award of back pay to workers for overtime that had been stricken by a trial judge.
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
February 10, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal
Samuel Larner, 93; Corruption Sleuth and Judge in First 'Hurricane' TrialBy Charles Toutant
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