By Amanda Bronstad | February 28, 2023
U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal in Florida signed off Monday on a class action settlement over Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen but criticized objector lawyer Ted Frank for holding up the deal's final approval.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 28, 2023
"I'm a little disturbed by some language I see from time to time in the present day that is a bit more combative than what I've seen in the past… It's something we judges need to keep in mind," said Judge D. Brooks Smith.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | February 26, 2023
We respectfully say: Try harder.
By Colleen Murphy | February 22, 2023
A New Jersey judge who continued as administrator of a client's estate for 13 years after rising to the bench filed an answer to the ethics complaint charging her with violating three canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
By Colleen Murphy | February 16, 2023
"That would be too much work if we started going through every single case and picking out cases for in person based on last name," one court clerk said in the report. "A person's last name does not play any part in the scheduling of a matter."
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis|News
By Charles Toutant | February 15, 2023
One lawyer worries that Judge Michael Ostrowski Jr., who hears many of the family law cases in Cumberland County, is under too much pressure.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 14, 2023
Cindy Chung becomes the first Asian American to sit on the Third Circuit, and is the the third judge that President Joe Biden has appointed to that court.
By Charles Toutant | February 8, 2023
"He'll be missed more than anything just for his personality and his love for the law and love for being a judge," said attorney Lawrence Lustberg of Gibbons.
By Colleen Murphy | February 7, 2023
"We recognize that when the doors of the courthouse are closed–even partially–people entitled to their day in court suffer real harm," said Chief Justice Rabner in a statement. "We therefore respectfully call on the executive and legislative branches to address the current vacancy crisis in Vicinages 13 and 15 as well as other parts of the state.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 3, 2023
"We're all human beings and so each person comes to their story as to why they left the bench with their own personal, emotional makeup," said former judge Katherine Forrest, who resigned in 2018.
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