David G. Tomeo

May 14, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Peter D. Espey |Jacqueline Vogt |Boris Peyzner |David G. Tomeo

Despite the judicial hierarchy of a state’s appellate court, its power to review and correct errors made by a trial court is based on standards of review that serve to establish a deferential approach. The standards foster the creation of a stable body of legal precedents intended to guide the trial courts in addressing substantive and procedural law.

Mar 12, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | David G. Tomeo |Colleen Murphy |David Gialanella |Charles Toutant

Lawyer-lobbyists continue to grow their earnings, which were up 3% in 2023, led by Gibbons, McCarter & English and Optimus Partners, while overall lobbying expenditures rose slightly for the third straight year. Overall lobbying expenditures were up just 1.1% to $96.1 million from $95.1 million last year, according to the annual report issued by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.

May 8, 2023 | law.com | David G. Tomeo

Imagine this scenario: you are representing a physician in a complex, medical malpractice case. Not unexpectedly, a co-defendant settles with the plaintiff. In your mind, that physician’s expert will not be testifying—you certainly do not see the need to call that expert. On the eve of trial, however, the plaintiff announces that she will call the settling defendant’s expert on her case.