New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories October 20, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVR" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Fee Award Shows Risks of Exposing Threadbare Patents To Light of Litigation</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" A $2.5 million fee sanction against a plaintiff in an infringement case demonstrates the danger patent-holders face when their claims turn into referendums on whether the original invention deserved protection in the first place and whether the patent was obtained by inequitable conduct."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 14, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Static Over Counting of Minority Listeners Mutes Rollout of Radio Audience Measurer</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" Litigation is blaring over a new system for measuring radio audiences, one that attorneys general in two states say undercounts African-American and Hispanic listeners to the detriment of stations aimed at minority audiences."</font></font></p>
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>To Shed Points, Repeated Unsafe Drivers Must Mind the Five-Year Gap, Court Says</b></font></a><font size="2">
<br/>" A new appeals court ruling will increase motorists' odds of receiving penalty points on their licenses for repeated violations of the unsafe-driving law."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 15, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient For Doctor's Refusal of an Interpreter</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"A Hudson County jury's $400,000 verdict for a deaf patient whose doctor refused her an interpreter may be a wake-up call for all professionals - including lawyers - that they risk liability for disability discrimination."</font></font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 17, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Judicial Immunity Blocks Suit Accusing Former Judge of Civil Rights Violation</b></font></a><font size="2">
<br/>" Alleged violations of judicial ethics by former Warren Township Municipal Court Judge Richard Sasso, who resigned in January in the midst of a pending investigation, are not enough to reinstate a civil rights suit against him, a federal judge says."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 17, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSDYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Superior Court Judge Reappointments Unanimously Passed by Senate Panel</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday gave its unanimous imprimatur to the nominations of eight Superior Court judges for tenure. Their confirmation by the full Senate is expected."</font></font></p>
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