Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
April 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Restrictions on Referral Fees May Harm Clients. State Supreme Court Should Review New Disciplinary DirectiveThere is no reason to treat out-of-state attorneys differently than in-state attorneys if we want only the more qualified attorneys to receive referrals in specialized areas of work.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
5 minute read
April 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Virtual Museum, Case Law Discussions and More: Judiciary Website Isn't Just for Opinions and OrdersWe urge lawyers who have not "surfed" the judicial website to do so and attorneys who use it regularly to explore the portions they have not yet seen.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
3 minute read
April 03, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'How Can It Be Enough?': Thousands Have Agreed to the Risperdal Settlement. A Few Holdouts RemainAccording to attorneys leading the litigation, more than 5,600 have agreed to the settlement, which is about 94% of the potential 6,000 claims for the bulk settlement. The lawyers said 99.9% of claimants have chosen to accept their settlement offers.
By Max Mitchell
12 minute read
April 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Letter to the Editor: 'The Spirit of OPRA Must Not Be Diluted'The path forward must involve a concerted effort to reinforce OPRA's foundations, ensuring that the act is a bulwark against the erosion of transparency.
By Christopher M. Placitella
3 minute read
April 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Up to $1.1 Billion: Inside the Settlement Resolving Most of Philadelphia's Risperdal CasesAccording to settlement records, the settlement's group expenses were $33 million, with additional costs expected to be incurred.
By Max Mitchell
7 minute read
March 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
US Supreme Court's Opinion Involving Man Placed on No-Fly List Clarifies MootnessOften an opinion serves as an important reminder to litigants, their counsel and even lower courts, of important principles that must be honored for the case to proceed. FBI v. Fikre is such a case.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
5 minute read
March 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Proposed Environmental Rights Amendment Has Good Intentions, but Likely Unknown ConsequencesBroad, open-ended constitutional language is a grant of authority to the courts that have the final decision about what it includes, what it prohibits, and what it requires. In our system, that includes the power to override the will of the two elected branches of the state government.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
March 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Enshrining 'Fetal Personhood' Into Law Causes Complications. Here's WhyPoliticians who supported fetal personhood legislation are now nervously proclaiming their support for IVF. But it turns out that Alabama is not out of the political woods.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
March 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
'County Line' Constitutionality Question Highlights Independence of NJ's Attorney GeneralOur attorney general is not the governor's lawyer.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
3 minute read
March 15, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Attorneys Should Be Mortified by Many of The Proposed OPRA ChangesOf direct concern to lawyers, the bills would prohibit parties from making requests that would be "unreasonable, oppressive or duplicative of already pending discovery requests in a legal proceeding."
By The Law Journal Editorial Board
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