Legal Research

Judge's Ethics Flap Spurs Appeal To Reverse $1M Malpractice Verdict 
" An appeals court is being asked to reverse a verdict of nearly $1 million in the legal malpractice case that prompted state ethics regulators to bring a charge of misconduct against Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie."

Justices May Go Light on Judge Whose Law Firm Made Political Contributions 
" The state Supreme Court at a hearing appears sympathetic to a municipal court judge who faces ethics sanctions because his law partner made political contributions without his knowledge or consent."

Judge Disciplined for Auction-Style Contempt Sentence
"The state Supreme Court on Monday announced a reprimand for a judge who imposed a 180-day jail penalty for contempt without a hearing when a defendant gave him the finger, a raspberry and backtalk."

Court Probes Glitch in Software Used To Calculate Child Support Awards
"The New Jersey court system is looking for bugs in the software it uses to calculate child-support awards, prompted by a Mercer County case in which a lawyer who double-checked the court's support figure determined it was wrong and got an amended order issued."

Answering Ethics Charge, Judge Denies 'Bund Meeting' Quip Was Anti-Semitic
"A judge hit with ethics charges over his in-court reference to a group linked to Adolf Hitler says the remark was not anti-Semitic and was meant to diffuse animosity between opposing counsel."

Troopers Appeal State's Ban on Their Practice of Law
"State troopers with law degrees have appealed a federal judge's ruling that a government ethics code bars them from practicing law."