Mary Pat Gallagher

March 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Municipal court defendants who want to keep their guilty pleas to traffic offenses from being used against them in personal injury suits cannot wait until after their pleas are entered to ask for civil reservations, the New Jersey Supreme Court held March 19.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

March 20, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Municipal court defendants who want to keep their guilty pleas to traffic offenses from being used against them in personal injury suits cannot wait until after their pleas are entered to ask for civil reservations, the New Jersey Supreme Court held March 19.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

March 18, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Legal retainer agreements are not governed by the Truth in Lending Act, a New Jersey state judge has ruled in a case of first impression.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

March 18, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Legal retainer agreements are not governed by the Truth in Lending Act, a New Jersey state judge has ruled in a case of first impression.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

March 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey bias crime law that applied based solely on the victim's perception of bias, even if that was not the defendant's motivation, was struck down as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court on March 17.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey bias crime law that applied based solely on the victim's perception of bias, even if that was not the defendant's motivation, was struck down as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court on March 17.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bergen County Assignment Judge Peter Doyne is planning to retire as of May 1.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 16, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bergen County Assignment Judge Peter Doyne is planning to retire as of May 1.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 13, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three New Jersey Appellate Division judges have called on the state Supreme Court to reconsider a 17-year-old precedent holding that malpractice cases should be dismissed with prejudice where the plaintiff does not provide an affidavit of merit on time.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 13, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three New Jersey Appellate Division judges have called on the state Supreme Court to reconsider a 17-year-old precedent holding that malpractice cases should be dismissed with prejudice where the plaintiff does not provide an affidavit of merit on time.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read