New Cases on N.J. Supreme Court’s Docket Test Privilege, Deposition Boundaries

August 31, 2009

Aggressive lawyering at two of New Jersey's high-profile litigation firms is under attack in cases the state Supreme Court has added to its agenda for the new term. A case in which Sills Cummis & Gross is facing sanctions and disqualification gives the court an opportunity to make significant refinements in the law governing companies' control over employees' electronic communications. At issue in a case against Bruce Nagel of Nagel Rice is whether he or his client should pay a frivolous pleading fee award.