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Knowledge of the procedures and of the particular requirements of each individual judge in Municipal Court is crucial in criminal defense. Specifically, each local town maintains its own judge who may or may not adhere to the particular procedures outlined under the Rules of...

Purchasing a travel package is a risky thing due to the fraudulent tactics of some travel agencies and agents over recent years. A New Jersey couple has been charged with a crime for supposedly operating a number of scam travel agencies that offered people free airfares or...

Public meetings these days, especially those dealing with taxes, can sometimes unleash the emotions of both citizens and officials. In this case, a female New Jersey resident was hit with a criminal charge after she attended a tax protest forum with tax officials at a Gloucester...

A year after he was arrested by N.J State Police, a Gloucester County man has filed a civil suit against the state for excessive force during his arrest.  Kenneth DiLuigi, 55, of Mantua, claims that when he was arrested last year for impersonating a police officer, the state...

Bad decisions just seem to lead to more bad decisions, making things worse than they needed to be.  Rashawn Smith of Trenton would probably agree after multiple criminal charges were filed against him. It is alleged that Smith, 22, of Trenton, began his week by attempting to...

Every member of the New Jersey Bar must have fulfilled an ethics requirement before being admitted. This could be a separate course taught in law school or perhaps an independent version offered by the Bar association.  It covers basic ethics laws but also teaches prospective...

We all know that parents are trying to be more involved in their children’s lives and often that is a welcome and positive thing.  Like most things though, taken to the extreme, it creates more problems than it originally sought to address.  A Tenafly homeowner is the latest...

According to the police department records of Helmetta, NJ, town officers issued 222 speeding tickets in a single square-mile of the borough between September of 2011 and March of 2013.  The number in itself may not raise many eyebrows, but what has caused a stir is that only two...

Morris County Assistant Prosecutor John McNamara, Jr. announced that his office is asking an appeals court to review the decision of Superior Court Judge Robert Gilson in which Judge Gilson declared statements made by a defendant at the scene of a DUI inadmissible at trial....

We all know that insurance companies are often recipients of a bad public image. Many see them, fairly, or unfairly, as greedy and uncaring. Policyholders may see an increase in their premiums, despite having not only paid on time and in full the previous coverage year, but also...