Mary Pat Gallagher

January 23, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey judges are free to attend State of the State speeches and similar events and they can even wear their judicial robes but they must be "very circumspect in their demeanor and reactions," according to newly issued guidelines from the state Supreme Court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

January 22, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A court directive that would have required lawyers and others to tote around signed permission forms in order to use their smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices in court was put on indefinite hold Jan. 21.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 22, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A court directive that would have required lawyers and others to tote around signed permission forms in order to use their smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices in court was put on indefinite hold Jan. 21.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 21, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the first asbestos case tried to verdict by New Jersey Judge Ana Viscomi, who took over the nearly 400-case asbestos docket last year, a jury has awarded $6.5 million plus $1 million in punitive damages to a man who claimed exposure to asbestos while installing boilers and furnaces caused his mesothelioma.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 21, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the first asbestos case tried to verdict by New Jersey Judge Ana Viscomi, who took over the nearly 400-case asbestos docket last year, a jury has awarded $6.5 million plus $1 million in punitive damages to a man who claimed exposure to asbestos while installing boilers and furnaces caused his mesothelioma.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Same-sex couples who want to end their civil unions have the same right to no-fault divorce as married couples, a New Jersey trial judge has ruled in an opinion approved for publication and released Jan. 20.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Same-sex couples who want to end their civil unions have the same right to no-fault divorce as married couples, a New Jersey trial judge has ruled in an opinion approved for publication and released Jan. 20.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James has been out of jail for more than four years after serving time in prison on a federal corruption conviction, but the legal wrangling over his use of campaign funds to pay his criminal defense lawyers will continue on as the result of a Jan. 16 state appeals court ruling.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James has been out of jail for more than four years after serving time in prison on a federal corruption conviction, but the legal wrangling over his use of campaign funds to pay his criminal defense lawyers will continue on as the result of a Jan. 16 state appeals court ruling.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 15, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In what one lawyer termed a "generational change," New Jersey's bankruptcy court is in the process of being remade due to a series of retirements and one death that by mid-2015 will have led to the loss of six of its nine judges within a two-year period.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read