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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.

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February 24, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Clear and Convincing Evidence Needed To Undo Kinship Legal Guardianship

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

Single Anti-Gay Remark Sufficient for Hostile Workplace Claim, Court Says

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

Court Revives Suit Against Car Dealer, Finding Arbitration Agreement Unclear

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

Defendant Who Said Little Prior to Mirandizing Can't Claim Rights Violated

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

New Jersey Firms Step Up Summer Hiring

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

7 minute read

February 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

State Court Judge Finds Basis for Vicarious Liability Under RICO

A corporation can be liable for its officers` crimes under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act where the company itself is not a RICO enterprise, an Essex County judge has ruled.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

August 30, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

Schering-Plough Defends Suits Over Marketing of 'Off-Label' Drug Uses

Schering-Plough Corp. faces a spate of federal court litigation over promotion of its drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 01, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Buchanan Bounced From Drug Case Due to Defective Conflict Waivers

A federal judge in Newark has ousted Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney from a patent-infringement case for representing two companies with adverse interests, finding client waivers inadequate to resolve the conflict.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

May 23, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Advertising Panel Lays Down Rules for Law Firm Ads on the Web

The Supreme Court Committee on Attorney Advertising has restricted lawyers' use of some modern marketing tools: catchy Web site addresses and testimonials from happy clients.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 08, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Spurns ACLU Protest of Limits on Leafletting, Exit Polling at Voting Sites

The Appellate Division has rejected a constitutional challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union to the state attorney general's directive governing exit polling of voters.

By Charles Toutant

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