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New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Scolds Christie Over Workers' Comp Judge Reappointments

The bar raised concerns that a failure to reappoint judges once they are eligible for tenure compromises judicial independence.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

Prosecutor Left Paralyzed in Infamous Courthouse Hostage Fight Dies

The metal detectors, bag searches and armed bailiffs that are standard in courthouses today—this is where it started. In a courtroom in San Rafael, California in 1970 where a horrifying hostage standoff left a judge dead and an assistant DA paralyzed. But Gary Thomas, who went on to become a judge, was never bitter. "I feel blessed," he said.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Skadden Wins Appeal That Could Mean Extra Pay for Calif. Judges

The decision, which found California judges were illegally stiffed on raises, clears a path for more current and former members of the state bench to collect $36 million in back pay.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Judge Denies Ethics Violations

Superior Court Judge Deborah Gross-Quatrone is facing ethics charges over allegations that include taping a conversation with another judge.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Challengers Cast Soda Tax as City 'Power Grab' in Appeal

Philadelphia's newly imposed beverage tax is not a simple levy on sweetened drinks, but instead a “power grab” by the city that could have negative effects for the state tax structure, an attorney representing a group challenging that tax told an intermediate appellate court.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Verdict Against State Agency of More Than $100M Is Tossed in Case of Abused Infant

A New Jersey appeals court has overturned what had been a $166 million jury verdict against the state Division of Youth and Family Services in the case of a child who was severely abused by his father after the agency investigated allegations of abuse.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Asia's Digital Growth Set to Squeeze Region's Corporate Counsel

Asian companies are bracing for an expected wave of rising litigation, regulatory action and cost pressures, a Baker McKenzie survey found.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Update Real Estate Contract Cancellation Rules

An attorney may void a real estate contract on behalf of a client by fax or email, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday, updating a 1983 ruling requiring contracts to be voided by certified mail, telegram or personal delivery.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Airport Gambling Struck Down by State House

The state House of Representatives struck down an amendment that would have allowed gambling in Pennsylvania's airports.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bill Would Require Senate Approval for Turnpike CEO

The Pennsylvania Senate passed an amendment to the Administrative Code of 1929 that would make the chief executive officer of the state Turnpike Commission a governor–nominated and state Senate-approved position.
1 minute read

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