Legal Research

Last-Resort Lender on the Ropes 
" Kennedy Funding Inc., a New Jersey lender to developers around the world who need millions of dollars quickly, is busy close to home these days, defending itself in federal court against a raft of suits charging fraud or breach of contract."

Civil Union Partners Often Treated Second-Class, Review Panel Finds 
" New Jersey's year-old Civil Union Act has failed so far to convey to registered same-sex couples the rights and privileges of marriage, a state commission reports."

Court Measuring N.J. Charitable Immunity's Reach Out of State
"An interstate conflict of charitable immunity laws has make-or-break consequences for a suit in behalf of a girl sexually assaulted at a Pennsylvania camp run by a New Jersey not-for-profit group."

Lone Repeat Offender Was Not Part of 'Criminal Enterprise' for PTI Purposes 
" A defendant who on his own commits the same minor crime more than once is not "part of a continuing criminal business or enterprise" that would bar admission to a pretrial intervention program, New Jersey's Supreme Court rules."

High-Low Agreement Puts Limit on Offer of Judgment, Court Rules 
" A state appeals court ruling on Wednesday underscores the hazards of using an offer of judgment and a high-low agreement in the same case."

Corzine Nominates Three Judges for Middlesex County
"Gov. Jon Corzine has put forward three candidates to fill judicial vacancies in Middlesex County, two of whom are minorities."