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Religious Slurs May Amount to Hostile Workplace, Court Says
" Workers taunted about their religion or ancestry are entitled to the same legal protection as the victims of sex, race and ethnic harassment, the New Jersey Supreme Court said in the case of a police officer whose colleagues called him a 'dirty Jew.' "

Reliability Hearing Required Where I.D. of Suspect Influenced by Private Suggestion
"When an individual influences a witness to make a questionable identification of a crime suspect, it is just as inadmissible as one fostered by pushy police, a New Jersey appeals court says."

Sybil Moses, New Jersey's First Female Assignment Judge, Retiring 
Sybil Moses, the first woman to head a vicinage in New Jersey's court system, will step down on Oct. 1 as Bergen County assignment judge, ending a 21-year judicial career. "

Attorney Can Be Sued for Negligence That Forced Client To Settle Litigation
" Three years after the New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled that litigants unhappy about settlements to which they agree cannot sue their lawyers for malpractice, appeals courts are finding exceptions to the bar."

Third-Party Abuse Evidence Allowed In Child Sexual Abuse Prosecution
" The New Jersey Supreme Court has given a green light, in child sexual-abuse cases, to allowing evidence of third-party sexual abuse of the victim where it's relevant to the jury's determination of the victim's credibility and where its probative value outweighs its prejudicial effect. "

Martin Picillo, Former Essex Bar President, Dies at 75
"Martin Picillo, an Essex County trial lawyer who served as president of the county's bar association in 1997-98, died on July 27. He was 75 "

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