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March 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FAIRVIEW, N.J. AP - Bridget Tapkas is far from the only New Jersey property owner to fight a local government's efforts to take her land under the state's eminent domain laws.The twist in her case is that officials in Fairview, where Tapkas' family owns a truck repair and sales business, initially opposed neighboring Cliffside Park's efforts to condemn and acquire her property.

By DAVID PORTER

5 minute read

June 06, 2002 | Law.com

People of certain national origins have been subject to heightened scrutiny and a tide of national sentiment that does not necessarily favor immigrants, illegal or not. Although undocumented workers may lawfully engage in union-organizing activities and be free from discrimination on account of such activities, they are not entitled to the same remedies under the National Labor Relations Act as employees authorized to work in this country.

By Donna Y. Porter

9 minute read

June 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WESTFALL, Pa. AP - A decade ago, this small Pennsylvania town was found to have engaged in racketeering to thwart a condo development. Then years later it was found to have wronged the developer yet again.Now, with a $20 million judgment hanging over it - an amount 20 times its annual budget - this community finds itself desperately looking for a way out of its financial predicament.

By DAVID PORTER

5 minute read

May 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEWARK, N.J. AP - An actor who played Santa Claus and painted children's faces was arrested on child sex charges early Thursday after an international manhunt, just the second time Interpol sought the public's help to find a suspected pedophile.Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, was arrested Thursday morning in his Union City apartment.

By DAVID PORTER

4 minute read

January 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By DAVID PORTER

4 minute read

September 01, 2002 | Legaltech News

None of us will ever forget where we were or how we heard the news on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

By Joy Heath-Porter

5 minute read

April 09, 2012 | National Law Journal

Agency's threats of administrative orders have become commonplace; in cases like 'Sackett,' they are so draconian that they implicate due process protections.

By Jeffrey R. Porter

6 minute read

November 08, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By David Porter | The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 11, 2002 | Law.com

On Sept. 11, 2001, one of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood's two New York offices was destroyed when the World Trade Center collapsed. While escaping major loss of life, the firm faced the technological challenge of getting 600 people back to work. The bottom line: They did, fast. Sidley Austin's director of applications shares the keys to the firm's success and the lessons she learned.

By Joy Heath-Porter

5 minute read

September 10, 2007 | Law.com

Promoters of several rock 'n' roll oldies groups charged in court on Sept. 7 that New Jersey overstepped its authority when it served subpoenas on the Atlantic City Hilton Casino last month over a series of performances by bands billing themselves as offshoots of rock 'n' roll legends the Platters, Drifters and Coasters. The lawsuit is believed to be the first legal challenge to the so-called "truth in music" laws designed to prevent the unauthorized use of the names of existing groups.

By David Porter

4 minute read