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Ex-Judge Charged With Drunkenness In Court, Disorderly Conduct in Public
" Richard Sasso, formerly a judge in four Somerset County towns, faces a seven-count ethics complaint charging he showed up drunk in court, bullied lawyers and litigants from the bench, acted disorderly in a go-go bar and committed other violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and court rules."

Case Tests Whether Malpractice Insurer Must Be Told When a Client 'Kvetches' 
" A New Jersey attorney has gone on the offensive in a fight with his malpractice carrier on a scary issue: how angry do clients have to get before attorneys must warn insurers a suit is possible."

Tavern's Failure To Supervise Drunken Patron Creates Liability
"A tavern is potentially liable for negligence if it makes no effort to keep a visibly drunken patron safe, even though his drinking may have been done elsewhere, a New Jersey appeals court rules a case of first impression."

N.J. Supreme Court Approves Alcotest, Lifts Stay on DWI Cases 
" New Jersey's high court rule that subject to certain conditions, the Alcotest breath tester is scientifically reliable and its results are admissible in drunken driving prosecutions."

Judge Who Signed Restraining Order for Court Employee Faces Discipline
"A municipal court judge engaged in an impermissible conflict of interest when he signed a temporary restraining order in the personal domestic-violence case of his court administrator, a judicial ethics complaint charges."

Workers' Comp Job Opposed for Judge Reputed as Tough on Gays 
" A workers' compensation court nominee has run into resistance from critics who say his rulings in public lewdness cases as a Palisades Interstate Park judge reveal an anti-gay bias that makes him unfit for judicial office."

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