December 01, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer
N.J. Appeals Court Takes Judge to Task Over One CentNew Jersey Superior Court Judge Alexander Lehrer got a tongue-lashing recently from the Appellate Division, which said he paid lip service to its order to reduce a $3 million verdict found to be excessive.
By Charles Toutant
3 minute read
June 30, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal
McCarter & English Plan 'Grosses Up' Workers Insuring Same-Sex PartnersJoining a growing number of firms and companies around the country, McCarter & English has adopted a plan to offset unequal tax treatment faced by employees who cover same-sex partners in their health-insurance plans.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
September 21, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal
Malicious Use of 'The Drifters' Bars Promoter's Discharge in BankruptcyA concert promoter in Chapter 7 bankruptcy can't discharge a $24 million claim for infringing on the trademark of the R&B group The Drifters, says a federal judge in Trenton.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
August 01, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer
Releasing Sex Predator Wouldn't Be a First in Calif.For months, defense attorneys in Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties have been fighting to free Cary Verse and Brian DeVries from confinement under California's Sexually Violent Predator law. But political pressure and bureaucratic glitches have kept the pair locked in Atascadero State Hospital long after their release dates.
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
May 09, 2006 | Law.com
N.J. First-Year Associate Pay Pushed Up 7 PercentNew Jersey firms bumped up first-year associate salaries this year to an average of $106,410. The fact that salaries, which had been increasing only modestly since the late 1990s, are entering a boom phase means law firms are busy and need to staff up. And while they can't match New York or Philadelphia salaries, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham's William Hyatt Jr. says New Jersey has an edge in other respects: "the number of hours expected from associates, the camaraderie, the quality of life."
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
August 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
N.J. Justices Reject 30-Day Ban on Contacting All Prospective P.I. ClientsThirteen years after the imposition of a 30-day moratorium on attorney contacts of mass-disaster victims, the New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to extend it to all events causing personal injury or death.
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
November 20, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal
Parental Immunity Protects Minder of Child From Suit Over Backyard InjuryA state appeals court upholds a no-cause verdict in a negligence suit against a woman whose child injured another child during backyard play while under her supervision.
By Charles Toutant
3 minute read
October 20, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal
What's in a 'Name Partner'? Not a Law Partnership, Appeals Court SaysAn appeals court reverses a $2.9 million award to a former 'name partner,' finding that a law firm's profit-sharing agreement didn't vest him with sufficient indicia of partnership to warrant a payout.
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
March 01, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal
Judges Keep Voiding Local Laws Restricting Sex Offenders' AbodesA New Jersey judge has overturned a Cherry Hill law banning sex offenders from living near schools and parks - the third time in three months restrictions of this kind have fallen under judicial review
By Charles Toutant
4 minute read
February 16, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal
Reading, Pa. Firm Chops Off Half of Smith, StrattonYet another expanding regional firm has taken a bite of the Garden State. This time, the raiders are from Reading, Pa., and the repast is one of Princeton's oldest and most venerable firms. Sixteen lawyers left Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher Brennan on Feb. 1 to open a new office under the banner of Stevens Lee. The departure eviscerates the corporate finance, trusts and estates and real estate departments, reducing Smith Stratton - once a firm of more than 50 lawyers - to a small liti
By Charles Toutant
5 minute read
Trending Stories