In this issue: 1. Clients, Friends, Attorneys Professionals, Business owners and their staff invited to Holiday Happy Hour & Networking Social 2. Tort Claims Act gave immunity to negligent 911 operations. Turner v Township of Irvington 430 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2013) 3. Case for immigrant defendants to withdraw guilty pleas is not retroactive. Chaidez v United States 133 S. Ct. 1103 (2013) 4. Calendar of events 1. Clients, Friends, Attorneys Professionals, Business owners and their staff invited to Holiday Happy Hour & Networking Social Friday, December 6, 2013 5:00PM - 7:00PM atBar Anticipation 703 16th Avenue Lake Como/ Belmar, NJ 07719 Free ! 5-7PM Hot & Cold Buffet with carving station The reduced price Happy Hour is 6-7PM with $1 House Drink, Bud/BudLt draft & House Wine Special Sorry if this is a Dup but we did not want to miss anyone Please bring a canned food donation for the St. James Food Bank Hands of Hope, continuing providing food and help to individuals in need. Email Ken Vercammens Law Office so we can put your name on the VIP list for wristbands. VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com https://www.facebook.com/events/595540683835671/ Co-Sponsored by NJSBA Municipal Court Section, Criminal Law Section, Young Lawyers Division, Family Law Section, Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, Banking Law Section, Women in the Profession Section, Minorities in the Profession Section and Government & Public Sector Lawyers Special Committee Recent cases: 2. Tort Claims Act gave immunity to negligent 911 operations. Turner v Township of Irvington 430 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2013) We hold that N.J.S.A. 52:17C-10(d), which immunizes 9-1-1 operators for conduct that is not wanton and willful, and N.J.S.A. 59:2-10, a general Tort Claims Act provision which immunizes public entities for the wanton and willful conduct of their employees, together prevent a public entity employer from being held liable for its operators conduct regardless of their level of culpability. 3. Case for immigrant defendants to withdraw guilty pleas is not retroactive. Chaidez v United States 133 S. Ct. 1103 (2013) In Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. (2010), this Court held that the Sixth Amendment requires an attorney for a criminal defendant to provide advice about the risk of deportation arising from a guilty plea. We consider here whether that ruling applies retroactively, so that a person whose conviction became final before we decided Padilla can benefit from it. We conclude that, under the principles set out in Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 (1989), Padilla does not have retroactive effect. 4. Calendar of events Holiday Happy Hour & Networking Social Friday, December 6, 2013 5:00PM - 7:00PM atBar Anticipation 12/8 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis 5k run/walk, 10am Metuchen NJ, then after run go to Sun Dec 8 12noon-3pm Freezing Cold Hash Run for St. James Food Bank meeting & volunteers needed at Ken V office 2053, submit event to runner website and USATF clubs. set up gifts to runners & goodie bags and organize bottles donated, etc, then stop by Green Derby for Tastee beverages. Ken V pays for drinks, ok to watch football. Sun Dec 15 12noon-3pm Freezing Cold Hash meeting at Ken V office, submit event to runner RRCA clubs, set up gifts to runners & goodie bags and organize bottles donated, etc, then stop by Green Derby for Tastee beverages. Ken V pays for drinks, ok to watch football Sun Dec 22 12noon -3pm Freezing Cold Hash meeting at Ken V office, set up gifts to runners & goodie bags and organize bottles donated, etc, then stop by Green Derby for Tastee beverages. Ken V pays for drinks, ok to watch football Thurs Jan 2 2pm-4:45 set trail with baking flower [need volunteers to help mark trail] Thurs Jan 2 5:30 decorate basement changing rooms and special chair and decorate Green Derby Fri Jan 3 2pm-4:45 set trail with baking flower Fri Jan 3 4:45 decorate garage and bring up items for open bar and registration Fri Jan 3 7pm finish decorating Green Derby Jan. 4, 2014 Freezing Cold Hash run & Party, Edison, NJ -Start Thomas Edison Park 732-572-0500 Adventure trail run, not a formal race. Featured on TV News12 NJ and Cablevision. Register at http://www.active.com/edison-nj/running/races/freezing-cold-hash-run-2014 Skull shirt pick up Ken Vercammen Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison. Volunteers needed call 732-572-0500
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