Charles Toutant

July 19, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

MTV has lost a motion to dismiss a federal privacy suit by a street musician depicted against his wishes in a documentary about rapper Nicki Minaj.

By Charles Toutant

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April 26, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

An appeals court says a woman beaned by a puck before the start of a hockey game - when dozens of pucks were flying about as the teams practiced passes and shots on goal - should not have had her case summarily dismissed.

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October 05, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

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.

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May 03, 2010 | Law.com

A New Jersey appeals court heard arguments over whether a hospital can end life-sustaining treatment for a patient in a persistent vegetative state contrary to his family's wishes. Though the patient has died since the case began, the hospital's lawyer said judicial guidance is needed because a similar situation is bound to recur. Equally interested are amici representing disabled patients, who fear a ruling in the hospital's favor would allow caregivers to end treatment in the interests of expediency and cost savings.

By Charles Toutant

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November 30, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Paul Bergrin, a Newark, N.J., criminal defense lawyer accused of being at the center of a criminal enterprise, pleaded not guilty in federal court last week to a raft of charges that include murder and drug trafficking.

By Charles Toutant

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April 14, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

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February 23, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Allen Etish, a lawyer from Cherry Hill, has gotten the nod as the favored candidate for State Bar Association secretary, the bottom rung on the ladder of ascension to the presidency.

By Charles Toutant

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December 07, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

An indicted insurance claimant may invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to a carrier's investigation of her claim but she does so at the risk of not carrying her burden of proof, a New Jersey judge says. In a Pyrrhic victory for the insured, the judge refused to stay an arbitration of the claim, even though the underlying facts are germane to her criminal prosecution for insurance fraud.

By Charles Toutant

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June 24, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

By Charles Toutant

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August 11, 2009 | Law.com

Next year, Day Pitney will introduce a short and intensive summer "apprenticeship" for its interns. Through concentrated assignments, pro bono activity and workshops on law firm finances, client development and networking, students will learn about the nuts and bolts of lawyering. Though Peter Wilson Jr., director of diversity and legal recruiting. says financial strain was not the main impetus, the firm will reap a cost savings by having an 8-week summer program, compared with this year's 10-week program.

By Charles Toutant

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