By Charles Toutant | January 10, 2024
"The indictment alleges the protected legislative activity itself, and seeks to draw an inference of illicit bribery by impugning the senator's motives for those acts. That is precisely what the Speech or Debate Clause forbids," the senator's motion to dismiss said.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 5, 2024
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Los Angeles unsealed her competency order, concluding that the arguments of Girardi's lawyers were "wholly lacking in credibility," and some evidence showed "no more than normal age-related decline."
By Colleen Murphy | December 26, 2023
"Defendants contend they were unduly prejudiced by these video playbacks, citing research indicating that slow-motion presentations can increase a viewer's perception or inferences of intentional conduct," stated Judge Jack M. Sabatino, in his written opinion for the court. "To date, there are no published New Jersey opinions that address the question."
By Colleen Murphy | December 18, 2023
"I can understand that people who are involved in low-level offenses, I don't believe that is a serious impact on jury decision-making," said Sen. Jon Bramnick. "But people involved in violent crimes, who have spent serious time in jail, and are still on probation or parole, I believe they lose the right to judge another defendant and whether that defendant is innocent or guilty."
By Charles Toutant | November 15, 2023
"We are unpersuaded by the public defender's argument that the protocol is unreliable because two DREs applying it to the same driver can reach different opinions. Such potential differences of opinion do not necessarily make a diagnostic standard unsound," Judge Jack Sabatino, temporarily assigned, wrote for the court.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | November 5, 2023
The Office of the Public Defender filed a class action under the Civil Rights Act. The attorney general should assent rather than litigate to avoid further delays.
By Colleen Murphy | October 31, 2023
Suspended New Jersey attorney Scott Marinelli of Mountainside has pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud and an additional six counts of aggravated identity theft in federal court in Pennsylvania.
By Jimmy Hoover | October 30, 2023
"How do we write a narrow opinion that does no harm here?" asked Justice Neil Gorsuch.
By Jane Wester | October 23, 2023
The senior U.S. senator from New Jersey appeared alongside his attorney Richard Weber of Winston & Strawn.
By Jane Wester | October 18, 2023
Wael Hana on Wednesday said he wants Lawrence Lustberg of Gibbons PC to continue representing him, even though Lustberg is also representing Fred Daibes in the New Jersey case.
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