Mortgage Fraud Indictments Skyrocket in New Jersey
(The Jersey Lawyer)... alleged mortgage scheme. The Attorney General's office alleges that the suspects were involved in the mortgage and small business loan industry, and unlawfully used the identities of their clients to obtain mortgages and other loans. It is ... 1 million in loans using false information. In a separate indictment, commercial loan broker Ramon Coscolluela of Union, New Jersey was charged with theft by deception and attempted theft by deception for allegedly falsifying five loan applications submitted to ...
July 2, 2009 11:35 am
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES EXCEPTION
(New Jersey Injury Attorney Blog)... of employees decide to meet for drinks after work and an injury occurs. The fact that this social activity was required, that business was conducted at the bar, and that when the employee asked her boss if she could leave he told her she had ... the course of your employment, you may be entitled to workers compensation benefits. Contact an attorney at the Princeton, New Jersey law firm of Lependorf & Silverstein to discuss your legal rights. A Princeton, New Jersey workers compensation attorney ...
July 2, 2009 11:19 am
New York Law Journal: State and Federal Decisions July 2, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... licensed driver who does not understand English." Fawzy v. Fawzy FAMILY LAW - Child Custody - Arbitration "The constitutionally protected right of parental autonomy includes the right ... workplace regulation relating to employee e-mails to her attorney." UPS Capital Business Credit v. Abbey REAL PROPERTY - Foreclosures - Equitable Subrogation "Where a mortgagee accepted ... least four factual and legal changes that may warrant relief." New Jersey Law Journal® P.O. Box 20081, 238 Mulberry Street, Newark ...
July 2, 2009 01:23 am
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 2, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... ever," according to advocates and scholars. The defeats left the environmental community - and even its traditional antagonist in these cases, the business community - wondering where the Court is heading in this increasingly important area of the law. ... implications for the ability of environmentalists and the government to enforce the nation's major environmental laws." New Jersey Law Journal® P.O. Box 20081, 238 Mulberry Street, Newark, N.J. 07101-6081 Customer Service Phone: (973) 642-0075
July 2, 2009 01:14 am
How contracts should provide for dispute resolution
(NJ Family Issues)... his Business Conflict Blog, F. Peter Phillips published "Contract Drafting for Dispute Management". This Blog Post discusses how contract negotiating parties may anticipate future, ... 08812; East Brunswick 08816; Edison 08817; Jamesburg 08831; Metuchen 08840; New Brunswick 08901; Old Bridge 08857; Perth Amboy 08861; Sayreville 08871; ... Somerset 08873; Somerville 08876 and Watchung 07069, New Jersey. Legal services include family law, divorce, child support, litigation, arbitration, mediation, child ...
July 1, 2009 11:06 am
Is Amazon.com Playing Favorites?
(taxgirl)... significant outcomes: 1, Online retailers will begin to rethink the way that they do business with affiliates - especially in a tough economic climate. 2, Other states will jump on the bandwagon. ... referral fees earned on qualified traffic will continue to be paid as planned. But because the new law is drafted to go into effect once enacted - which could happen ... "Come Close" In Tax Case Holy Zappos! New York is Collecting Sales Tax on Online Sales. Maine Really Is a High Tax State New Jersey is #1 ...
July 1, 2009 10:58 am
Down Fur the Count
(Michael Markarian: Animals " Politics)... labeling of all animal fur garments, making it the fifth state-after Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, and Wisconsin-to better protect consumers from fraudulent fur selling. It's a ... contained real animal fur, even dog fur imported from China. We are grateful to New Jersey state Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) and Assemblymember ... passage, and we hope Governor Jon Corzine will quickly sign it into law. New Jersey is poised to become the fifth state to pass legislation on fur labeling. It's not ...
July 1, 2009 09:13 am
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 1, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... : LITIGATION OVER J&J ANTIBIOTIC LEVAQUIN FLAGGED AS MASS TORT "The New Jersey Supreme Court has designated mounting litigation over the Johnson & ... and used other client relationship management tools. But a paradigm shift in the business of law, coupled with the Association of Corporate Counsel's Value Challenge, is starting to generate ... to express their opposition, with Oregon and Wisconsin expected to follow shortly." New Jersey Law Journal® P.O. Box 20081, 238 Mulberry Street, Newark, ...
July 1, 2009 01:06 am
Stem Client Roundup for June ‘09
(Law Firm Web Strategy)... civil litigation; McClanahan was named a top lawyer for business litigation. BC law firm Clark Wilson LLP was busy guest blogging at Slaw.ca, where established Megawatt ... 10 outstanding posts throughout the week. New Jersey criminal defense firm The Law Offices of John Marshall rolled out a new website for its NJ shoplifting defense ... look at a frequent underlying cause of nursing home falls: hypostatic blood pressure. New York injury lawyer John Hochfelder summarized a number of recent injury cases ...
June 30, 2009 11:39 am
The Impacts of Family Leave Insurance
(New Jersey Law Blog)... advent of the newest employee benefit in New Jersey, business owners ask what impact Family Leave Insurance will have on the employer's discretion to terminate employment due to business conditions or other considerations. The Legislature has ... for less than two weeks. Employment, including employment with governmental entities, covered under the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Law is covered with respect to Family Leave Insurance. Notwithstanding the above, an employee is not qualified for ...
June 29, 2009 06:05 am
APPELLATE DIVISION FINDS THAT TRIAL JUDGE SHOULD HAVE GRANTED MOTION TO RECUSE HIMSELF BASED ON PRIOR RELATIONSHIP AND LITIGATION WITH PARTY'S ATTORNEY
(NJ Family Legal Blog)... can file a motion for recusal of the trial judge. R. 1:12-2 of the New Jersey Rules of Court, however, requires that the motion be made to the actual trial judge ... partners in a law firm that went under, subsequently followed by contentious litigation between the judge and attorney. Ultimately, the trial judge ruled that Vic's business and ... such decisions are within the sound discretion of the judge whose recusal is sought. Quoting the New Jersey Supreme Court's opinion in State v. Marshall, 148 N ...
June 28, 2009 07:06 pm
Experts must be paid
(NJ Family Issues)... appeal from the grant of summary judgment to plaintiff accounting firm as to its collection of fees incurred for evaluating defendants' businesses in connection with their divorce action. During the divorce proceedings, the parties agreed to utilize plaintiff to evaluate their ... , summary judgment was properly granted in plaintiff's favor. [See related Blog Post, published in the New Jersey Family Law blog. ======== Beware: the cost of litigation can be VERY expensive. Often, mediation is a less ...
June 26, 2009 12:49 pm
... radar screen in light of the ongoing battles to enact same-sex marriage in the big states (New York, California, New Jersey), but every little bit counts. On Wednesday night, the Delaware legislature finished up work on approving a ... invests in a bowling alley; the bowling alley would not be exempt from the law, just because it is owned by a church, if the income from the bowling alley is "unrelated business income" (unrelated, that is, to the church's purely religious activities). There is also a ...
June 26, 2009 05:04 am
How to Immediately Cut Your Company's Energy Costs and Control Energy Expenses in the Future
(New Jersey Law Blog)... SmartStart Buildings program. The seminar is hosted by CrunchEnergy, an energy services company dedicated to helping businesses reduce energy costs. The seminar will be presented from 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM September 9, 2009 and September 10, 2009. The September 9th event will be held at The Villa in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, ... impending laws and current initiatives, like New Jersey's Energy Master Plan. The material shared at the event will benefit New Jersey-based building owners, business ...
June 25, 2009 06:01 am
LAW.COM Newswire Highlights June 24, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... Restaurateurs Seek Supreme Court Review of San Francisco Health Insurance Mandate The National Law Journal An association representing the restaurant industry has filed a petition for writ of certiorari ... victory. Holocaust Victims' Lawyer Disbarred for Trust-Fund Dipping New Jersey Law Journal The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered the disbarment of attorney Edward ... the firm's revenue is profit. Visit Small Firm Business Law.com® 120 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10271-1101 (877) 256-CIRC ...
June 24, 2009 01:05 am
Paralegals in the News
(Practical Paralegalism)... an adjunct professor at the Widener University Law Center's Legal Education Institute, has received the Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award from the university. Iannini, a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Delaware Technical & ... information intensive endeavor," says Quetel. "I have realized throughout my work and education that I enjoy being challenged. The law and the paralegal profession are constantly evolving and require a proactive approach to keeping current. It is ...
June 22, 2009 05:58 pm
Delaware Chancery Court Determines Ownership of Patent Based on Dispute Between an Employee Scientist and his Former Employer
(Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog)... the core of this decision is outside the scope of this blog which of course is obsessed with Delaware corporate and commercial law. This opinion reads in some respects like a science textbook and discusses in excruciating detail the minutiae of the ... related disputes that the Chancery Court handles. Issues Addressed The issues that were decided based on New Jersey law should be of interest generally to any business that employs highly trained and highly educated individuals who develop patents or ...
June 22, 2009 08:20 am
New Jersey Law Journal: State and Federal Decisions June 19, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... - Corporation Business Tax "Relating to assessments of Corporation Business Tax, the director properly imputed interest with respect to certain transactions between plaintiffs, and properly allocated to New Jersey certain receipts of each plaintiff; however, ... committed a fraud or deceit crime on a particular occasion rather than to an element of the fraud or deceit crime. " New Jersey Law Journal® P.O. Box 20081, 238 Mulberry Street, Newark, N.J. 07101-6081 Customer Service Phone: (973) 642-0075
June 22, 2009 02:04 am
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs, June 22, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... associated costs and fees, he moved the funds into his personal and business accounts and used them to gamble at the Trump Taj Mahal and other ... who work for companies now have more options for volunteering to handle cases for poor New Jerseyans or public interest legal organizations, according to the state's highest court. ... seventh of nine installments of his book, "What Makes a Court Supreme," printed in the New Jersey Law Journal, Justice Daniel O'Hern focuses on the contributions of Gary Stein, ...
June 22, 2009 01:53 am
Drunk Driving Suspected in Multi-Car Injury Pileup in Newark
(New Jersey DWI Lawyer Blog)... a high rate of speed just before they both crashed into three other vehicles waiting for a traffic signal at a busy Newark intersection. Nine people were injured in the five-car crash at the intersection of Frelinghuysen and Haynes Avenues. ... they suspected was one of the two drivers who may have been responsible for the accident. Horton, a resident of Irvington, New Jersey, was later charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. According to preliminary police reports, all of the people ...
June 21, 2009 01:10 pm