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Globe St. New Jersey
- NJ Judge Faces Removal for Talking Deportation With Litigants June 16, 2026Disciplinary authorities say municipal Judge Britt J. Simon's references to immigration issues in three truancy cases point to an appearance of ethnic and socioeconomic bias, while the jurist says his actions were dictated by a broken mechanism for enforcement of truancy cases.
- Ruling Shows Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Suing Clients for Online Criticism June 15, 2026"You'd better have a damn good case that's going to get past the anti-SLAPP law," one attorney commented, after a court found client's online criticism of lawyers is a matter of public concern.
- Privilege Shields Some Seton Hall Investigative Documents From Sex Abuse Litigation Facing Archdiocese of Newark, Appellate Division Rules June 15, 2026A state appeals court has determined attorney-client privilege protects most of a 2019 counsel report on how Seton Hall University investigated sex abuse claims brought against former Archbishop of Newark and school official Theodore McCarrick.
