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Pro Bono Lawyer Exposes Ingrained Misuse of Eviction Process in Essex
Helping an indigent client win a case can be a rewarding experience for a young lawyer. It's better when the win engineers a reform in the way a court does business.
DECISION OF INTEREST
State v. M.A.
Defendant-employee had no reasonable expectation of privacy in personal information stored on the company computers and the search of their content pursuant to the company owner's consent was valid.
LAW & BUSINESS
State Refinance of Auction-Rate Bonds Makes Bonanza for N.J. Bond Counsel
Leading bond counsel firms in New Jersey have been putting in overtime, thanks to the state treasurer's re-issuing of $3.4 billion in auction-rate bonds as fixed-rate debt instruments.
Five Bolt Thacher For Greenberg's New Jersey Digs
Greenberg Traurig's New Jersey office picked up five corporate and technology lawyers last Tuesday from the Summit office of Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, a New York-based firm undergoing retrenchment.
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September 03, 2008 - Judge Spooked by Sex Offender's Donning Of Sunglasses Is Dressed Down on Appeal
September 03, 2008 - Discipline Urged for Noted Cop Lawyer Who Split Tort Fees With Lay Manager
August 26, 2008 - No 'Legitimate' Privacy Expectation in Data on Office Computer, Court Says
September 02, 2008 - 40 Under 40
August 03, 2007
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EDITOR'S PICKS
The Law Journal 40 Under 40

Our 2008 look at 40 promising young professionals in New Jersey's legal community, with biographies and photographs.
Federal Court Judicial Survey 2008

The results of a Law Journal survey that asked federal court practitioners to rate the judges, magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges of the District of New Jersey in nine performance categories.
MORE NEWS STORIES
Death Benefits Not Protected Under ERISA, Circuit Says
Former employees of AT&T Corp. and Lucent Technologies who claimed they were cheated out of death benefits have lost their bid to revive their ERISA suit in the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Spooked by Sex Offender's Donning Of Sunglasses Is Dressed Down on Appeal
A New Jersey judge's apparent obsession with a sex offender's wearing of sunglasses in court is ground for a new hearing on whether his involuntary civil commitment should continue, an appellate court rules.
SPECIAL REPORTS
N.J. Supreme Court Year in Review
Divorced couples, testimonial witnesses and employees facing religious discrimination in the workplace are among those impacted by the Supreme Court's decisions in the 2007-2008 term. Among other significant rulings, the Court recognized limits to off tract land developments, public land use dedication and its tax consequences and the interplay of fiduciary duty and proximate cause in criminal law.
PRACTICE PAPERS
Government Records Production And Retention Not a 'Gotcha-Game'
Substantial Expansion of the NJLAD Anti-Retaliation Provision
WHAT'S COMING?
In the September 15 issue:
REAL ESTATE
In order to protect yourself, your firm and your clients, it is imperative to understand the nature of fraudulent real estate schemes.
INTERNET LAW
Now the use of online questionnaires for prescribing medications are considered valid if it can be established on a documented patient evaluation.
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