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New Jersey Law Journal

Basing Restraining Order on 'Equitable Powers' Was Error, Panel Rules

The three-judge Appellate Division panel, in a published ruling in M.C. v. G.T., said restraining orders should be issued only when there is sufficient evidence of an act of domestic violence.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Jury Returns $228K Verdict for Injured Labor Lawyer

The verdict came after the defense rejected a $15,000 settlement offer.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Remember the One About the Lawyer and Naked Dance Contest? 6 Strange Stories from 2017

A "Cranky Lawyer," a litigator who saved a nightclub after three women got naked on the dance floor, six arrested personal injury attorneys and a bankruptcy…
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2017 in Review: The Biggest Legal Developments in Connecticut

This year saw many legal twists and turns. The Connecticut Law Tribune looks back at the top five news stories ranging from a law firm allegedly destroying evidence to the state's high court hearing oral arguments in the Sandy Hook case.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Drug Use While Pregnant Can Constitute Child Abuse, Court Rules

The ruling reversed a decision by the Clinton County Juvenile Division, which said the Child Protective Services Law does not allow a mother's action to be considered child abuse if the child was a fetus.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Won't Review Court's Rejection of BAC Evidence in Crash Case

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to review a Superior Court ruling that a plaintiff in a motorcycle accident case was prejudiced by the admission of evidence of his alcohol consumption.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Calculating Loss of Future Earnings

Kevin G. Faley and Lina C. Rossillo write: In many personal injury cases, the award of damages often centers on the jury's calculation of loss of future earnings. Loss of future earnings is awarded where the jury finds that a plaintiff has suffered a reduction in his or her ability to earn money as a result of an injury.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In 2017, Pa. Supreme Court Finally Achieved Stability, if Not Harmony

The election of interim Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy to a full term on the court this past November, coupled with the voter-approved increase to the judicial retirement age the previous year, means the Pennsylvania Supreme Court can finally be said to have a full, stable bench after years of upheaval and uncertainty.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Supreme Court, Stocked For All of '17, Tackled Bail Reform, Revisited Old Rulings

For the first time since before newly elected Gov. Chris Christie made the unconventional decision not to renominate a justice up for tenure, the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2017 had a full roster of seven justices for the entire calendar year.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students With Disabilities

Bullying and harassment impact hundreds of thousands of students across Pennsylvania every day. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, one out of every five students reported being bullied in 2015. Studies indicate, however, that a high percentage of children who are bullied (64 percent) never report it.
7 minute read

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