By Ross Todd | Charles Toutant | December 21, 2018
Courts in the District of New Jersey, in the event of a shutdown, have funds in place to continue operating for at least three weeks, until January 11, 2019, said Chief Judge Jose Linares. What's unclear is which agency lawyers would be on the job.
By Jonathan Erway | December 20, 2018
New Jersey lawyers and judges, and their extracurricular activities.
By Michael Booth | December 13, 2018
A New Jersey municipal judge is facing ethics charges over an off-the-cuff—and potentially off-color—remark made to a criminal defendant who was confused about whether she needed to post bail or was free to go.
By Charles Toutant | December 10, 2018
Gibbons' legal career spanned 65 years and included human rights advocacy.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | December 10, 2018
Trial judges face a sometimes unenviable task on motion days, often with a dozen or more motions to review and decide in a limited number of hours on alternate Fridays. We do not envy them. But in this case, the Appellate Division called out errors that were clearly avoidable and caused additional work for both the parties and the court system.
By Michael Booth | December 6, 2018
New Jersey Superior Court Judge John F. Russo Jr., off the bench for nearly 20 months and accused of courtroom impropriety in his questioning of a sexual assault victim on the witness stand, is back on the job.
By Michael Booth | December 3, 2018
The state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct filed the complaint against Newark Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | November 30, 2018
All presidents select and nominate judges who they think will best advance and uphold their agenda. In that respect, there are “Obama judges” just as there are “Trump judges,” and that reality must be recognized. On the other hand, we believe the chief justice, as the leader of the federal Judiciary, was warranted in saying what he did.
By Roy Strom | November 27, 2018
A federal judge in Washington brought the hammer down on uber-litigious Fox Rothschild client Strike 3 Holdings, calling it a copyright troll that "treats this court not as a citadel of justice, but as an ATM."
By New Jersey State Bar Association | November 26, 2018
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