Mary Pat Gallagher

December 30, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

More than 600 lawsuits over the acne drug Accutane that were centralized in Atlantic County have been thrown out for failure to provide discovery.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

December 29, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a shoplifting case involving an Apple store, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Dec. 29 that a trial judge did not infringe on the defendant's right to testify by announcing that he would not rule on the prosecutor's request to admit evidence of another crime allegedly committed by the defendant until after the defendant took the stand.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

December 24, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former Jersey City, N.J., Municipal Court Judge Wilson Campbell, who sued the state judiciary over its response to his interracial affair with a bailiff, saw the last piece of his lawsuit thrown out by a federal judge in Newark on Dec. 23.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

December 24, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former Jersey City, N.J., Municipal Court Judge Wilson Campbell, who sued the state judiciary over its response to his interracial affair with a bailiff, saw the last piece of his lawsuit thrown out by a federal judge in Newark on Dec. 23.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

December 23, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's pharmaceutical and biotech industry has long made the state a hub for mass-tort litigation, with thousands of cases pending at any one time against New Jersey-based companies like Johnson & Johnson, Stryker Orthopaedics, Organon and their subsidiaries.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

December 22, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Going through methadone treatment while pregnant does not constitute child abuse or neglect even if the newborn baby suffers from drug withdrawal symptoms, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Dec. 22.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

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December 19, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

It's not rare for a lawyer to face discipline for blowing a court deadline and not owning up to it. But Francis Falkenstein, who has just been reprimanded by the New Jersey Supreme Court, had the misfortune to lie to a client who was then asked about the case in a televised interview.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

December 18, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court declined on Dec. 18 to disbar a lawyer who admittedly misappropriated money from the law firm where he worked as an associate.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

December 17, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers and others who want to tap away at their smart phones and tablets while in court will be able to do so under newly issued guidelines from the New Jersey Supreme Court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

December 16, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether to enforce job application clauses that slash the period during which workers may sue from two years to six months.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read