Colleges and universities receive billions of dollars in federal funds, whether through research grants or student financial aid, or even by billing Medicare or Medicaid for services rendered at academic medical centers. As a result, institutions of higher education must be vigilant to ensure that Continue Reading
Avoiding Stale Products Liability Claims: Why New Jersey Should Enact a Statute of Repose
Nothing should last forever, especially lawsuits and stale claims. But a stale claim is exactly what New Jersey permits in products liability litigation. New Jersey law requires all personal injury and products liability actions to be brought within two years of the date of accrual of the cause Continue Reading
Government Contractors Should Not Fear Contract Termination Over Twitter #ComplicatedRegulations #CostlyTerminationProvisions
Carrier. UTC. Boeing. Swamp-draining rhetoric. While many ponder what America can expect from the next administration, one thing is clear – it appears to have its eyes on government contractors. However, it is important for those eyes to study the volumes of acquisition regulations under which the Continue Reading
Using Video Surveillance of Plaintiff’s: Pitfalls and Practice Points
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video of a defendant skiing a black diamond mountain with his girlfriend on his shoulders is worth a million. Video surveillance can be the most effective evidence proffered by defense counsel at the time of trial. There are certain critical pitfalls Continue Reading
Written Discovery/Interrogatories
Interrogatories represent a fundamental discovery tool and provide litigants with an important mechanism for extracting and obtaining information. Written interrogatories may be useful to particularize and elaborate pleadings and to define and narrow the eventual issues to be litigated at trial. Continue Reading
Re-Register Takedown Agent or Lose Copyright Shield
If your website allows for posting of user-generated content and you filed an agent designation insulating you from copyright infringement claims, you may be about to lose that legal protection. All existing paper-filed agent designations will be terminated as of December 31, 2017, because the Continue Reading
Commentary of ABA RPTE Taskforce on Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning
The phrase “do it yourself” evokes images of a weekend trip to the Home Depot, a bruised thumb, and the feeling of satisfaction that comes from a freshly painted room, a repaired deck, or a newly constructed patio planter. But even the experts at do-it-yourself publications such as This Old House Continue Reading
NJICLE; Lecturer and Author of Program Materials
Judson Stein is a regular lecturer and author of program materials, including, "Life Insurance Trusts," April 21, 1998 "Estate Administration," August 5, 2003 "Estate Administration," August 17, 2004 "Estate Administration," July 27, 2005 "Planning an Estate – Charitable Giving," Continue Reading
Avoiding Verbosity in Legal Writing
Whether you are writing a brief, a research memorandum or a client report, what you write, and how you write it, communicates your ideas to your audience. Are your sentences wordy and rambling, or crisp and to the point? Judges have full dockets to manage and countless briefs to read. Your clients Continue Reading
Board’s Adoption of a Plan of Dissolution Held Not to Be a Breach of the Directors’ Fiduciary Duties
In The Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Gershen, C.A. No. 11116-VCS (Del. Ch. Sept. 29, 2016), the Delaware Court of Chancery dealt with the issue of whether a company’s decision, approved by its board of directors and its stockholders, to dissolve the company following the sale of a significant portion of Continue Reading