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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Approved by Assembly Panel But Veto Looms Ahead PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 February 2012 17:00
After seven hours of occasionally heated testimony, the Assembly Judiciary Committee recommends passage of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.

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A Month Into Senior Status, Brown Leaves Federal Judgeship for JAMS PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 February 2012 09:00
After taking senior status and officially stepping down as chief judge a month ago, veteran federal jurist Garrett Brown Jr. announces his full retirement.

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Morgan Melhuish Lawyer's Japes at Animal-Rights Attorney Draws Protest PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 February 2012 21:00
Last December's bear hunt is over, but the battle between supporters and opponents shifted to new ground as animal-rights activists picketed outside the Livingston offices of Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn.

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Profiling Accuser Gets a New Shot in Try for Officer's Personnel Records PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:00
A man convicted of drug charges wins a hearing on his request for the arresting officer's personnel records so he could pursue a racial-profiling claim.

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Appellate Watch: 'God Told Me To Kill' Defense Is Tested at State High Court PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:00
The state Supreme Court is reviewing the first reversal of a New Jersey homicide conviction for failure to give the jury a special "deific command" instruction regarding the insanity defense.

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Assembly Committee Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 February 2012 09:00
After seven hours of occasionally heated testimony, the Assembly Judiciary Committee recommends passage of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.

Read more: NJLJ.com

 
Morgan Melhuish Lawyer's Japes at Animal-Rights Attorney Draw Protest PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 February 2012 01:00
Last December's bear hunt is over, but the battle between supporters and opponents shifted to new ground as animal-rights activists picketed outside the Livingston offices of Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn.

Read more: NJLJ.com

 
Lawyer Held To Flub Advice on Effect of Domestic Violence Plea on Gun Permit PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:00
Failure to advise a criminal defendant that pleading guilty to domestic violence would cost him his right to have a gun constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, a state appeals court says.

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Forcing Owners To Allow Town Access For Inspections Held Unconstitutional PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:00
An ordinance requiring property owners to give municipal inspectors access on pain of prosecution violates the Fourth Amendment ban on warrantless searches, a state appeals court says.

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Cemetery Sued for Organ Harvesting Fights Denial of Insurance Coverage PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 17:00
A cemetery and crematorium are making a last-ditch effort to get indemnified by insurance carriers for the costs of defending a suit that alleged employees illegally harvested body parts.

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