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New Jersey Law Journal News Updates January 16, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

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Firm Can't Keep Referral Fees Owed To Lawyer Who Has Been Disbarred 

"A New Jersey appeals court says in a case of first impression that a receiving firm's extra work on referred cases doesn't entitle it to retain the referral fees when the original lawyer is disbarred."

Precipitous Drop in IOLTA Revenue Is Hitting N.J. Legal Services Hard 

"Legal Services of New Jersey says it may have to resort to layoffs and service cuts due to a sharp decline in revenue experienced by its primary funding source, the Interest on Lawyers? Trust Accounts program."

Broader Dictum for 'Sanitization' of Prior Convictions in Criminal Cases 

"The New Jersey Supreme Court reverses a drug conviction, finding the trial judge should have "sanitized" the defendant's prior convictions that were used to impeach his testimony even though they were not similar to the crime charged."

High Standard Set for Fee Award to Defendant in Unsuccessful LAD Suit 

"In the first published opinion by a New Jersey court on awarding counsel legal fees in unsuccessful Law Against Discrimination suits, the Appellate Division has set a tough standard, finding a plaintiff must have acted with 'a reckless disregard or purposeful obliviousness of the known facts.' "

Cooper Levenson Must Litigate Suit Alleging Bad Advice Led to Bad Deal 

"An appeals court has reinstated a malpractice claim that accuses one of southern New Jersey's largest firms, Cooper Levenson, of giving bad advice that caused a client to sell four McDonalds restaurants at a loss of up to $2 million."

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Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).