Charles Toutant

June 02, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court on Tuesday disciplined two municipal judges convicted of drunken driving, issuing a reprimand to Robert Jones, of Livingston, and a censure to Peter Tourison, who presides in Cape May, Stone Harbor and Middle Township.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 09, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System must vote a second time on a plan to increase pension contributions by prosecutors from 7.5 percent to 8.5 percent of their salary ? this time giving proper notice to prosecutors.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 16, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Camden County, N.J., judge opened hearings last week to decide whether a proposed substitute for the Breathalyzer in drunken driving cases passes muster with the scientific community.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 15, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's new digital device for divining blood-alcohol levels got a seal of approval last Friday when a Camden County judge found the Alcotest 7110 scientifically reliable and accurate.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 04, 2010 | Law.com

A New Jersey appeals court has revoked a 20 percent fee enhancement in an Americans with Disabilities Act settlement, finding a lack of exceptional circumstances to justify it.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

June 13, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Medical malpractice filings have declined steadily in New Jersey since adoption of a tort reform measure designed to weed out frivolous suits. The 1,493 suits filed last year were 24 percent fewer than the 1,971 filed in 1997, the earliest year for which data is available from the state Administrative Office of the Courts. That seven-year period coincides roughly with the Affidavit of Merit Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-27, which became law in mid-1995 over plaintiffs' lawyers' vociferous opposition.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

September 14, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A suit charging that redevelopment of a low-income neighborhood in Mount Holly hits African Americans and Hispanics harder has been given new life by a federal appeals court.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 05, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Get 'em while they're young' seems to be the motif for summer hiring this year at New Jersey's largest firms. While the total number of summer associates hired stayed virtually flat, first-year law students are making up a higher percentage. The reason: competition with large out-of-state firms, mainly in New York, for 2L talent.

By Charles Toutant

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March 30, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state appeals court extends statutory immunity for intermediate-level emergency medical technicians to basic-level EMTs who provide advanced service.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 14, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Administrative Office of the Courts has launched a campaign to step up security at New Jersey's 542 municipal courts, the success of which will depend on how willingly towns and cities comply and foot the bill.

By Charles Toutant

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