Legal Research

An Insider Who Took on the System 
" Haines, who died on April 27 at age 88, had a reputation for being unafraid to speak his mind even if, as often occurred, it angered the powers that be."

Attorney Review, Where Appropriate, Chargeable in OPRA Cases 
" When you ask the New Jersey Attorney General's Office for public records, be prepared to pay attorneys' fees - or rather, 'special service charges' for staff lawyers' time and effort."

Accommodating Lawyer's Vacation Doesn't Justify Inverting Order of Testimony 
"Trial judges have a lot of leeway in deciding how a trial proceeds, but a judge who made a defendant put on his medical experts before the plaintiff's to accommodate the plaintiff's lawyer's vacation abused his discretion and deprived the defendant of a fair trial, a New Jersey appeals court says."

Court Erred in Dismissing Suit For Lack of Plaintiff's Counsel
"Dismissal with prejudice is too harsh a sanction for a plaintiff who loses his first lawyer and doesn't find a new one by a court-imposed deadline, a New Jersey appeals panel rules."