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The month of May brings warmer weather, graduation parties and college students home for the summer. This is the time your young adult children will want to get a jump on summer parties, when likely beer and creative liquor-infused drinks will be on the menu. Parents are then faced with […]

In a major decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court declared that a driver’s failure to have his passenger wear a seat belt could result in a jail sentence to the driver if the passenger is either killed or seriously injured. In State v. Lenihan, our Supreme Court confirmed the conviction […]

  The New Jersey Rules of Evidence contain a strong privilege protecting communications between married couples.  The Rule provides that “no person shall disclose any communication made in confidence between such person and his or her spouse.” The privilege is based upon the strong societal policy encouraging spouses to share confidences and […]

My teenage son was stopped and arrested after crossing the Pennsylvania boarder into New Jersey.  His car was searched and they found fireworks.  The police said that they have “probable cause” to stop any car with New Jersey or New York plates crossing the border in this area because it […]