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Planning Boards Can Take Their Time
New Jersey's Appellate Division recently reversed a default approval of a general development plan which the trial court had granted when the municipal planning board failed to act within the determination period set forth in the enabling statute. In doing so, the Appellate Division demonstrated once again that it will go to great lengths to avoid default approvals even where the Municipal Land Use Law would otherwise seem to mandate them.Judge Balks at Lawyer's Paying of 'Fact Witness,' Suggests Discipline
A federal judge has suggested possible disciplinary action against a lawyer who improperly designated a witness as an expert so he could pay him for his factual testimony.Prevention of Domestic Violence Law Constitutional
New Jersey's Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, which allows courts to issue restraints without a jury and based on a minimal burden of proof, is constitutional, the state Supreme Court says.Former Prosecutor Pleads Not Guilty to Expanded Criminal-Syndicate Charges
Paul Bergrin, a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer accused of being at the center of a criminal enterprise, pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to a raft of charges that include murder and drug trafficking. The superseding indictment almost tripled to 39 the original 14 counts lodged against the former federal prosecutor. On top of earlier charges that he engaged in prostitution and mortgage fraud, and arranged the murder of a witness, Bergrin stands charged with interstate travel in aid of bribery and trafficking.Challenging Patents and Applications Without Litigation
The America Invents Act offers new administrative procedures for blocking patent applications or invalidating patent claims at the PTOIn the Forefront of Terror Cases
New Jersey, often used as a petri dish for new legal processes since the Sept. 11 attacks, may boast the largest number of lawyers and judicial officers with hands-on experience in terror issues. Two such lawyers are looking at options for freeing an "enemy combatant" held incommunicado in a South Carolina military jail. Noting that the man was not captured in battle or accused of links to 9/11, attorney Lawrence Lustberg says, "We have an issue that nobody else has litigated."Trending Stories
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