LJN Newsletters

  • Collecting Social Security Numbers

    In the first half of 2014, at least 96 significant data breaches were reported, compromising more than 2.2 million records. Of these breaches, at least 46 involved records that may have contained Social Security Numbers (SSNs). What the affected businesses may not know is that the mere collection of SSNs may have put them in violation of state laws, in addition to the liability they may now face for having failed to protect the SSN information.

    October 02, 2014Nicole Pszczolkowski and L. Elise Dieterich

  • Assumptions Can Kill You

    Shouldn't we be more deliberate and questioning about the assumptions we make about clients ' in order to ensure that we don't end up with self-inflicted client relations issues? An in-depth discussion.

    October 02, 2014Bruce Heintz

  • Medical Monitoring: A Recent Ruling in New York

    When a patient takes a medication that does not at first appear to harm him but that could cause later-developing consequences, or when a medical error is made that causes no immediately measurable harm but that could lead to future injury, is a medical monitoring remedy available? The following article discusses one state high court's recent analysis of the issue.

    October 02, 2014Diane Fleming Averell and Pamela R. Kaplan

  • Court Watch

    Franchisor's Control over System Uniformity Insufficient to Show Vicarious Liability
    Printed Names Without Signatures Satisfy Requirement That Personal Guaranty Be Signed

    October 02, 2014Cynthia M. Klaus and Susan E. Tegt

  • Med Mal News

    Analysis of recent news of interest to you and your practice.

    October 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Practice Management Takes Hold in Smaller and Mid-Size Firms

    Even though lawyer management in most mid-size firms recognize the importance of developing and implementing principles of practice management as a means to insure the high quality service to clients and to improve profitability, the extent to which practice management may be implemented varies greatly from firm to firm.

    October 02, 2014Joel A. Rose

  • The Statute of Limitations and the Mentally Incapacitated Plaintiff

    Statutes of limitations are intended to protect defendants from unexpected enforcement of stale claims by plaintiffs who fail to use reasonable diligence in prosecuting their claims. However, the effects of statutes of limitations have exceptions, primarily based on equitable considerations.

    October 02, 2014Robert E. Spitzer

  • NJ & CT News

    A look at what's happening in neighboring states.

    October 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Adopting an Adult

    This article focuses on one of the nuances of adoption law that is becoming increasingly relevant in the United States, the adoption of adults.

    October 02, 2014Laurence J. Cutler and Carly DiFrancisco

  • Insufficient Proof for Application of the Special Facts Rule

    In Rocky Point Drive-in v. Town of Brookhaven, the Court of Appeals affirmed the long-established rule that where a zoning law is amended after the submission of an application for land use approval, but before a decision is rendered on the application, the courts are bound to apply the amended law.

    October 02, 2014Maureen Liccione