Michael Booth

January 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

At a closing session that marked the end of a decade of Republican dominance, the 209th Legislature pushed through an unprecedented number of bills and Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco spent his last days in office signing the bulk of them. Here are the enacted laws most closely affecting the legal community.

By Michael Booth

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April 17, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Prompted by an ethics panel's opinion, the state Supreme Court may be ready to abolish a 41-year-old rule that categorically bars a municipal attorney from representing, in another town, a developer that does business in the same town that employs the attorney.

By Michael Booth

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May 13, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

An anti-war activist group sued President Bush in federal court in Newark on Tuesday, seeking a declaratory judgment that the war in Iraq is an unconstitutional usurpation of the war-making power that the framers vested in Congress.

By Michael Booth

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July 23, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

A law firm did not violate copyright and computer anti-hacking laws when it used a Web archive search tool to recover old Web pages of its client�s adversary, a federal judge rules. Although the archived pages were supposed to be shielded from public view, the protections failed and thus the lawyers did not hack their way in.

By Michael Booth

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December 13, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A judge's failure to give a jury instruction on the uncertainties of cross-racial identification is cause for granting a new trial for a black man convicted of robbing a white one, a state appeals court rules.

By Michael Booth

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June 26, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

A service-of-suit clause in an insurance policy does not grant an insured the absolute right to choose its forum of choice in a coverage dispute, particularly if the carrier is the first to file, the New Jersey Supreme Court says.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

April 17, 2003 | Law.com

The New Jersey Supreme Court has paved the way for public and quasi-public agencies to use contract debt to fund their operations without going to the polls and without loading up their investment vehicles with cautionary language. The divided court narrowly construed the state constitution's Debt Limitation Clause -- so narrowly that, for all practical purposes, it no longer exists.

By Michael Booth

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June 23, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

Career changes are in store for a former Superior Court judge and prosecutor, a former head of the State Commission of Investigation, a state senator and two private-practice lawyers, due to action in Trenton last week.

By Michael Booth

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February 18, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Citizens United ruling may actually strengthen disclosure New Jersey's requirements and pay-to-play prohibitions, election lawyers tell a legislative committee.

By Michael Booth

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March 17, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Senate has put off consideration, at least until May or June, of a bill that would mandate paid leave for workers who need time off to care for family members.

By Michael Booth

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