Nick Muscavage

The New Jersey Senate on Wednesday approved the nominations of two new county prosecutors and 10 Superior Court judges, giving the green light to a slate of judges that will help fill the record number of judicial vacancies the state is currently facing.

The New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation that would bump the mandatory retirement age of state judges to 72, moving the bill one step closer to becoming law.

Quest Diagnostics Inc.’s general counsel and a Bressler Amery & Ross PC attorney are facing a 72-year-old stroke victim’s attempt to disqualify them from his underlying proposed class action against Quest stemming from a “dubious” $21.89 medical bill.

A Pitman, New Jersey-based attorney was recently barred from practicing law in the state for a period of one and a half years for taking thousands of dollars in retainer fees from clients and then ignoring them, the state’s Supreme Court ordered in two simultaneous orders.

New Jersey’s administrative director of the courts warned legislators on Monday that the state needs to fill its judicial vacancies or else the lack of judges coupled with the effects of the pandemic could end in a crisis.

The District of New Jersey recently gained a new district court judge who joined the bench after handling complex commercial litigation and white collar matters at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP for nearly 15 years.

The New Jersey Judiciary is ramping up its cybersecurity efforts by blocking web traffic from outside the United States in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its increasingly hostile relations with the U.S.

The New Jersey Senate on Thursday confirmed three new judges and the renominations of seven sitting Superior Court judges.

A New Jersey biotech company has sued McCarter & English LLP in New Jersey state court, alleging that one of its attorneys destroyed the company’s business by falsely telling government authorities that the firm held a security interest in the company’s patents.

After forming McCusker Anselmi Rosen & Carvelli PC more than two decades ago, founding partners John B. McCusker and Bruce S. Rosen decided to depart the firm, joining Duane Morris LLP and Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC, respectively.

Evesham, New Jersey-based Domers Bonamassa & Hynes PC is facing malpractice claims from a father who says the firm wrongly instructed him to pay reduced child support payments, causing him to fall about $25,000 behind on the obligation.

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday affirmed the nominations of two county prosecutors and five judges, sending the picks to the full Senate for confirmation.

The New Jersey Senate on Thursday confirmed a new Superior Court judge for the Middlesex County vicinage and six other renominated judges.

McCarter & English LLP has hired a business litigation veteran who is coming to the firm with nearly four decades of experience after working at his own boutique firm for the past 38 years.

A New Jersey attorney is facing claims that he botched a former client’s plastic surgery medical malpractice lawsuit by failing to oppose a bid to dismiss the underlying suit.

Fox Rothschild LLP has elevated 26 attorneys in 15 of its offices to partner for their “high caliber legal work and entrepreneurial spirit,” firm leadership said on Thursday.