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By Marshall L. Gates, Esq. The practice of law has changed greatly since I was admitted to the Bar in 1973. When l was looking at careers during my college days in the 1960s, the attraction to the law was to assist people with their problems. I did not understand or appreciate the social and collegial aspects of the profession. But the effect on the practice of law is profound and personal in ways that could not have been envisioned a generation ago when computers were unknown.
 

By John R. Gorman, Esq.  When it comes to the use of medical records at trial, plaintiff’s attorneys need to  know the Rules of Evidence and fully understand when records may and may not be admitted.

By Jerry Friedman, Esq. Handling a motorcycle accident case is not like handling an automobile case. Here are some handy tips to point out the differences.

This indispensable trial preparation tool can be the difference between a large verdict and a no-cause verdict. Focus groups allow us to “know before we go.”

In a recent published decision in Parkinson v. Diamond Chem. Co., Inc., the Appellate Division reaffirmed the longstanding precedent in Ullmann v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. and its progeny governing the heightened privacy interest and specific analyses courts should use to determine the validity of discovery requests for tax returns and other private, financial records. 

Governor Philip Murphy has signed two bills that are NJAJ priorities into law.

Practical Advice To Help Defeat Frivolous Defenses

The recipients of NJAJ’s 2022 awards have been selected.

The awards will be presented during the annual NJAJ Awards Dinner on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at The Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset, NJ following the Winter Seminar that day.

The New Jersey Association for Justice took part in the two-day Judicial Conference on Jury Selection earlier this month. 

The court ruled that all parties, and the trial judge, incorrectly employed the wrong court rule and standard on a motion for reconsideration based on misidentification of the subject order as final as opposed to interlocutory.