Legal Intelligencer - Fri Nov 06
The New Jersey judiciary is considering a request from Passaic County, N.J.'s top judge for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.
Feds get new try to deport imamNorth Jersey Media Group - Fri Nov 06
The deportation case against a prominent Muslim spiritual leader, Imam Mohammad Qatanani of Paterson, has been sent back to the trial court to be reheard, at least a decade after the imam first sought permanent residency in the U.S. In its written, 12-page decision, say those familiar with it, the Board of Immigration Appeals rejected some ...
N.Y. man convicted in Morris County kidnapping may be released on speedy-trial faultThe Jersey Journal - Fri Nov 06
A Bronx man serving a 30-year prison sentence for robbing and kidnapping a Harding resident may be freed from prison because a court has determined the Morris County Prosecutor's Office failed to give him a speedy trial, according to authorities and court documents.
3 indicted on child cruelty chargesNorthJersey.com - Fri Nov 06
Three people were indicted on child cruelty charges for allegedly cutting a 7-year-old girl - the daughter of one woman involved - and performing animal sacrifices in the child's presence during a religious ritual, authorities said today.
Woodland Park starts to assess costs of formal name changeNorthJersey.com - Thu Nov 05
The reality of Tuesday's referendum vote, in which Woodland Park was narrowly selected as the borough's new name, is beginning to sink in.
Morris kidnap convict could go free over speedy trial violationDaily Record - Thu Nov 05
A man sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbing and pistol-whipping a Harding resident could go free under a judge's finding that the Morris County Prosecutor's Office violated a duty to try the suspect within a certain period of time.
NJ imam deportation case sent back to trial judgeAsbury Park Press Online - Thu Nov 05
The lengthy deportation case of an influential New Jersey Muslim leader has been sent back to the immigration judge who handled the matter for a rehearing.
Stories of sex, drugs surround trial for strangled womanNorth Jersey Media Group - Wed Nov 04
Stories of a lesbian lover scorned, rough sex, heavy drug use and an embittered mother putting her son up for adoption swirled around attorneys' accounts in state court Wednesday of how a Paterson woman ended up strangled.
Four-car crash leaves one deadNorthJersey.com - Wed Nov 04
A respected Haledon businessman, engaged to be married in the spring, died Wednesday morning from injuries he received in a four-car crash.
GOP disputes eligibility of 31 mail-insNorth Jersey Media Group - Wed Nov 04
Republican Party attorneys Tuesday challenged the eligibility of 31 mail-in voters who, it was later discovered, never mailed in their votes to begin with.
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