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1. Jayson Williams takes prison break to appear in court
(N.J./State)

... of his lawyers, Oscar Holt III, told the Daily News that Williams wants to put the DWI case behind him so he "can continue to work on changing the course of his life." Williams, who retired from basketball ...

2. Bridgewater woman, 70, shot gun at neighbor in self defense
(N.J./State)

... Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, told The Star-Ledger that if the defendant's attorney raises this issue at trial, the jury will have to analyze whether the use or the threatened use of deadly force was ...

3. New Jersey has first state government to be charged with securities fraud
(Money/Economy)

... without mentioning the securities fraud charge. State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester) questioned why the treasurer’s office, through its lawyers in the matter, tried to keep the ...

4. Jodie Fisher reportedly lost work for not having sex with former HP CEO Mark Hurd
(U.S./Nation)

...  A report on Msnbc.com says that HP had urged Hurd for weeks to settle the case, and Hurd eventually agreed because his lawyers convinced him it would be cheaper than taking the case to trial, according ...

5. Disbarred lawyers in N.J. reported for 2009
(N.J./State)

... 15 of them by consent. Another 29 lawyers were suspended, 23 were censured, 26 received reprimands, 40 received admonitions, 25 had their licenses suspended and 2 received license suspensions. The ...

6. Why the unemployed will stay unemployed
(Opinion/Commentary)

... consultants with no paying customers? Believe it or not, there are unemployed lawyers — what are we talking about — 20 or more percent of the population? The President is convinced that things are getting ...

7. Nuno J. Sousa of Elizabeth charged in multi-million home loan scheme
(Money/Economy)

... notaries, lawyers, straw buyers and counterfeit document makers. First-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in state prison and a $200,000 fine, while second-degree crimes carry a maximum ...

8. D+
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... the validity of debt collection lawsuits? If a person is trained properly to handle the task, then why should their rate of pay make any difference? Mr. Robinson claims, “Most credit collection lawyers ...

9. You just adding fuel to the fire
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Jillian, If AT&T; Inc. signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Apple in 2007 to sell and distribute the iPhone, would you expect Apple too simply "break" there contract? By the time the lawyers ...

10. Vytorin Settlement
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... I was told it could take up to a year! I bet the lawyers have their $$ already! ;-) ...

11. Credit card delinquents escaping payment of debt
(Money/Economy)

... charges being sued for. That may be even harder. Most credit collection lawyers don't have this information readily available. In some cases, because bundled debts have been sold and resold, the records ...

12. Legal group, ACLU accuse FBI of targeting Muslims
(U.S./Nation)

... "pry into the private lives" of ordinary citizens. Muslim Advocates, a San Francisco based group of lawyers, law professors and students, contends the agency is using "discriminatory techniques" to collect ...

13. Anger follows Rutgers’ decision not to grow marijuana
(Health/Healthquest)

... has stopped short, especially when the school could have been on the cutting edge of the issue," Gusciora said. "Perhaps if they used Seton Hall lawyers they would have reached a more favorable result." ...

14. Washington understands it takes a village to raise a child
(Opinion/Commentary)

... require interpretation for those of us who are not lawyers: It means "in the place of a parent." And when applied to the new realities of work and family, it means all employees who have assumed the responsibility ...

15. Newark police misconduct demonstrates a disturbing pattern and jeopardizes community safety
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by the Newark Police. A jury awarded Darren Nance $600,000, finding that the Newark Police had racially discriminated and retaliated against him. Once lawyers tally up interest for this verdict, legal ...

16. Your family is in my prayers
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... the authorities and lawyers and prosecutors so that they will do the right and moral thing in the name of Mr. Sinha and his precious family. And shame on their families for not being aware that they all ...

17. cooments
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lawyers need to be well paid ...

18. Legal costs are an issue for N.J. school budgets
(Opinion/Commentary)

... money could have been spent on textbooks and teachers and field trips and fun things for kids," said the District's business administrator, Ralph Goodwin. "Instead it was spent on lawyers who didn't do ...

19. This is waaay overdue!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

...  Whatever mothers wanted to hear was what social workers, lawyers and agencies told them -- all designed to pry our babies away from us and keep us away from them. We were told to go away and never ...

20. Does Gov. Christie have an overall budget plan for N.J.?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... lifestyle and smart food choices. And let's not forget, revenues generated by extending the sales tax to professional services, such as lawyers, accountants and architects as former gubernatorial candidate ...