Charles Toutant

August 05, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

It`s becoming a common practice for companies or institutions under investigation - especially in the post-Enron era - to hire their own, internal sleuths. The purpose is to create an objective record of what happened to help the corporation plan a remedial course of action. William Maderer typifies the in-house shamus: a former assistant U.S. attorney who specializes in white-collar criminal defense and employment law.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

August 18, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

The state Supreme Court is being asked to decide an issue that mirrors the increased use of noncompete agreements: whether dismissal for failure to sign such a pact is grounds for a whistleblower complaint. That question is one of the key issues on the list of 33 appeals added by the court between April 1 and July 31.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

August 11, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Mercer County's presiding Criminal Part judge has been charged violating ethics rules by ordering the release of a relative who appeared before him as a criminal defendant.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

March 24, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A hospital and its doctors sued for malpractice can't summon expert testimony from members of a medical group that includes the plaintiff's treating physician, a New Jersey appeals court says in a case of first impression.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 03, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross set up shop in Princeton, N.J., this week, tapping into the area's potential for pharmaceutical and medical-device clients and for recruitment of new talent - especially laterals disaffected with their current firms.

By Charles Toutant ALM

4 minute read

September 07, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has ordered the Port Authority to make the Grove Street PATH station in Jersey City handicapped-accessible, rejecting contentions that the accommodations are impracticable.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

March 05, 2004 | Law.com

The Affidavit of Merit Statute -- anathema to plaintiffs' medical malpractice lawyers practicing in New Jersey since its inception -- has taken on a new reason to be loathed, thanks to New Jersey Supreme Court rulings that seem to be of two minds on whether and when to forgive technical noncompliance.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 14, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

The contested election for the post of State Bar Association secretary, unusual in itself, takes on a new novelty this week as one candidate accuses the other of an incurable conflict of interest.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

April 25, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Essex County judge's appeal of a denied sex bias suit against her judicial overseers will be heard on the QT, just like the lower court case that preceded it. Counsel for Francine Schott and for the state defendants received a briefing schedule this month from the Appellate Division clerk's office stamped "record impounded," which means the file is off limits to anyone outside the case.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 15, 2011 | Legaltech News

A N.J. state appeals court overturned a sex assault conviction, finding that the trial judge's allowing jury-room replays of videotaped interviews of the defendant and alleged victim was potentially prejudicial. Jurors may request the replay of testimony while they are deliberating, but the replay should take place in open court, the appeals panel said.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read