New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories November 3, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVR" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Firm's Political Clout and Competence in Question in Legal Malpractice Case</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" In a rare malpractice complaint against a defense firm, an insurer charges that Cleary, Alfieri & Jones obtained a personal injury case against Monmouth County through political connections and botched it, causing a $250,000 loss." </font></font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 30, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Lowenstein Sandler Forms New Group To Focus and Enhance Pro Bono Work</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" Lowenstein Sandler announces the launch of its Center for the Public Interest, headed by partner Kenneth Zimmerman and staffed by five associates who will each devote 25 percent of their time."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p>
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>State High Court To Hear Merck's Pre-emption Attack In Vioxx Case</b></font></a><font size="2">
<br/> "Just as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether government approval of a drug's labeling pre-empts inadequate-warning suits, New Jersey's high court is poised to take up the issue in an appeals from a $4.5 million verdict in a Vioxx case."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>When Palimony's at Stake, Three's a Crowd</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"If any practical legal principle can be extracted from the gnarled facts of <i>Bayne v. Johnson v. Johnson</i>, it is probably this: You can't get palimony if you cohabit with a married man and his wealthy, elderly wife and then leave him because he won't leave her."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Municipal Court DWI Plea Bargain Ban Extends to Superior Court, Judge Rules</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"The New Jersey judiciary's ban on plea bargains in drunken driving cases set forth in the municipal court guidelines applies to Superior Court as well, a Mercer County judge says." </font></font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWUBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Hospitals That Vest Contract Doctors With 'Apparent Authority' May Be Held Liable</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"A state appeals court on Wednesday opened the door wide to malpractice liability for hospitals that use contract doctors in circumstances that lead patients to believe they are staff physicians."</font></font></p>
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