Randall J Peach

May 17, 2001 | Law.com

Daniel Waldman stands for loosening the reins of "best practices," revitalizing the New Jersey State Bar's role in vetting judicial nominees, easing up on permanent disbarment and making sure multijurisdictional practice doesn't mean a New Jersey land rush for out-of-state firms. "I like to help lawyers, bottom-line," says Waldman, who'll be sworn in tonight as president at the Bar's annual meeting.

By Randall J. Peach

8 minute read

April 19, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Fish and Game Council needs to be more representative of the public's views on wildlife management.

By Randall J. Peach

4 minute read

April 23, 2001 | Law.com

While other employment lawyers represent plaintiffs or management, New Jersey attorneys Michael Reimer and Linda Niedweske counsel both. They are among the emerging breed of lawyers learning that it makes good business sense not to limit an employment practice to representing only labor or only management.

By Randall J. Peach

6 minute read

September 02, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

The bar is set pretty low when it comes to public expectations of municipal court. We don't seem to expect more than overall mediocrity from our municipal courts, and we tolerate a significant number of bad judges, power-hungry prosecutors and inept administrators.

By Randall J. Peach

6 minute read

September 13, 2000 | Law.com

Before the Information Age, a trip to the local Division of Motor Vehicles could be an experience in sensory deprivation. You were lucky to find information about which form to use, let alone get news or stock market results. These days, visitors to the New Jersey DMV are greeted by electronic message boards that do everything from displaying news to advertising cars. Or law firms.

By Randall J. Peach

6 minute read

October 12, 2000 | Law.com

After a month's exposure to "best practices" -- New Jersey's new rubric designed to standardize case-management practices and provide realistic trial dates -- many lawyers remain deeply distrustful, but most are developing ways to cope. "Do not try to get by with your father's or grandfather's system of preparing cases for trial," advises lawyer Thomas Vesper.

By Randall J. Peach

8 minute read

December 04, 2000 | Law.com

The New Jersey Appellate Division overruled a lower court decision by allowing an injured man's lawyer to take photographs of him in a hospital's intensive care unit for purposes of a lawsuit. The court said its ruling was limited to the facts of this case, meaning that the hospital rule stands. The hospital adopted the rule to prevent disruption and the loss of hospital staff time.

By Randall J. Peach

4 minute read

October 25, 2000 | Law.com

New Jersey's law schools have been shifting their clinics away from poor-law practice and toward "impact litigation" -- class-action suits and other complex cases that seek far-reaching results. While officials say these cases serve as better teaching models for students, critics say they also tend to advance agendas -- typically, liberal ones.

By Randall J. Peach

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