Saving Your Home Through Foreclosure Mediation

Steven J. Richardson | April 23, 2010

There is no doubt that we are in a mortgage foreclosure crisis in this country, which is certainly being felt in New Jersey.  The courts, therefore, have set up a mediation system in an effort to try and keep people in their homes, and provide several resources for the prevention of same, including the answers [...]

Major US Supreme Court Decision for Drug & DWI Cases

Steven J. Richardson | June 26, 2009

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts ruled in a close, 5-4, decision that laboratory reports related to the testing of drugs at a police laboratory are to be considered as testimonial evidence within the meaning of the Sixth Amendment. In effect, this means that a criminal defendant has the right at trial [...]