Charles Toutant

April 15, 2009 | Law.com

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman of Morristown, N.J., has announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Newark's Love and Long, whose three lawyers are African-Americans. The relationship is designed to serve Porzio corporate clients who require a certain minimal level of minority staffing, and will provide Love and Long with added resources to tackle larger cases, the firms say. The alliance follows the trend of other large New Jersey firms that have entered joint ventures with minority-owned firms.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

February 04, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Five Connell Foley lawyers well-versed in policies written by offshore insurers have been cherry-picked by Clyde & Co., a London-based law firm, to open a New Jersey office.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

May 22, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

While nonequity partnership has transformed the former "up or out" construct at law firms, it is still primarily a bridge to full partnership rather than a final destination, according to a management consultant's survey.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

February 07, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

State Sen. Wayne Bryant is benefiting from the $175 million urban renewal package for Camden that Bryant sponsored in the Legislature.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 05, 2010 | Law.com

A plaintiff who fails to make out a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress based on anonymous, offensive e-mails can't compel the sender's Internet service provider to reveal his or her identity, a New Jersey appeals court held Tuesday in a published opinion. The ruling instructs how e-mails fit into the contours of the decade-old precedent that allowed for unmasking anonymous posters of injurious comments on the Web if certain tests are met.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 19, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a big win for defense lawyers in drunken driving cases, the state Supreme Court rules that a past conviction for refusal to submit to a breath test does not count as a prior offense for DWI sentencing purposes.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

May 19, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

For reasons of lack of standing and nonjusticiability, a federal judge in Newark dismisses a suit that claimed the Iraq War was unconstitutional because Congress never issued a declaration of war.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 29, 2007 | Law.com

Carving out a limited exception to the innocent bystander rule, a New Jersey appeals court said a passenger may have a duty to summon help after an accident if the driver fails to do so.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

October 13, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Videotaped testimony — that vaunted panacea for the logistical problems of producing witnesses when and where needed — has serious limitations in criminal cases, as a Passaic County prosecutor learned the hard way.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

April 20, 2010 | Law.com

A $79 million settlement has been reached in a long-running class action suit that accuses Tyco International of misleading investors in its undersea cable subsidiary, TyCom. The parties reached a deal on April 13 that would end the 7-year-old suit, and the plaintiffs moved on Monday for preliminary approval from U.S. District Judge Garrett Brown Jr. in Trenton, N.J. The settlement, if approved, calls for class counsel to petition the court for attorney fees, to be paid out of the settlement amount.

By Charles Toutant

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