Mary Pat Gallagher

April 21, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Foreclosed Properties Raise Injury Liability Issues

With foreclosures once again on the rise in New Jersey, courts are grappling with the question of what duty, if any, mortgage lenders have to people who are injured on vacant properties.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 21, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Foreclosed Properties Raise Injury Liability Issues

With foreclosures once again on the rise in New Jersey, courts are grappling with the question of what duty, if any, mortgage lenders have to people who are injured on vacant properties.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Panasonic Wants Justices to Review Recusal Ruling

Panasonic is planning to take its effort to get a judge thrown off a discrimination case to New Jersey's highest court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Panasonic Wants Justices to Review Recusal Ruling

Panasonic is planning to take its effort to get a judge thrown off a discrimination case to New Jersey's highest court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Business Groups Say NJ Too Soft on Expert Witnesses

Business interests and lawyers who represent them are urging that New Jersey discard its 22-year-old rule governing the admission of expert testimony and replace it with the more stringent federal standard.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Business Groups Say NJ Too Soft on Expert Witnesses

Business interests and lawyers who represent them are urging that New Jersey discard its 22-year-old rule governing the admission of expert testimony and replace it with the more stringent federal standard.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

April 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Fee Hikes Raise $10.5M in First Four Months

The New Jersey judiciary, which was handed unprecedented power last year to raise court fees in order to pay for bail reform and other purposes, has reported that it is on track to raise the $42.1 million it had anticipated from the increases.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

April 15, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Fee Hikes Raise $10.5M in First Four Months

The New Jersey judiciary, which was handed unprecedented power last year to raise court fees in order to pay for bail reform and other purposes, has reported that it is on track to raise the $42.1 million it had anticipated from the increases.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read