Charles Toutant

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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December 08, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rule changes that will revamp the practice of law in New Jersey, published today, will take effect Jan. 1. The revisions mark the beginning of multijurisdictional practice, albeit on a limited basis, and spell the end of the local bona-fide office rule and of the appearance of impropriety rule, both of which were unique to New Jersey.

By Charles Toutant

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July 15, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

It's an economic no-brainer: Legal work costs money, but out-of-work lawyers may do it for free - or at least for the prospect of building their resumes. That's the thinking behind N.J. Attorney General Anne Milgram's plan to help her overburdened Division of Law.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 02, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court rule changes taking effect next month will tighten deadlines for amici filings, make citing unpublished cases easier and give trial judges a greater voice in deciding whether interlocutory appeals should be allowed.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

September 01, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A dispute over a rose bush grown too tall has led the Appellate Division to strike down a condominium regulation on First Amendment grounds.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

February 24, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has set a high proof standard for parents seeking to regain a child taken from them and placed with a relative or friend.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 14, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Calling an employee a "stupid fag" just once is ground for a prima facie case of hostile-workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, a New Jersey appeals court says.

By By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

May 26, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a car buyer's putative class action against a dealership, finding an arbitration agreement void because it lacked an explicit waiver of the customer's statutory rights.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

October 26, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court rules that its restrictions on "question first, warn later" confessions don't apply where pre-Miranda questioning fails to yield relevant information.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 06, 2005 | Law.com

Summer associate programs expanded at New Jersey's largest firms this year after a three-year slump. It was modest growth but growth nonetheless, which was better than the flat national average. "There's a feeling we're going to keep this busy or get even busier," said a hiring partner at Newark's Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross, whose summer program grew to 10 associates from eight last year.

By Charles Toutant

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