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February 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

We hope that the Supreme Court grants certiorari to develop and clarify the “concrete and particularized” pleading requirements of Article III standing as soon as another case with a similar issue is before the court.

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February 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Town-by-town exclusion of rush hour traffic is a recipe for chaos. New Jersey parochialism will lead every town to shield itself by pushing unwanted commuters onto its neighbors.

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February 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Why discuss this again now? Recently there was an article celebrating the 10th anniversary of Sinclair. The bar, and hopefully the court, should realize that rather than celebration, we should be looking for a refinement.

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February 02, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Last year saw the most mass killings in the United States since USA Today began tracking them in 2006.

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February 01, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Last term in "Murr v. Wisconsin," the U.S. Supreme Court attempted, without real success, to answer the question of what is the relevant parcel or total property interest to be considered in weighing whether a regulation affecting part of it has gone “too far” so as to effect a compensable taking under the Fifth Amendment.

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January 29, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In 'Hayes,' the court has provided clear guidelines for the handling of evidential issues that occur with some frequency. Since prior opinions on these issues have been principally by the Appellate Division, it is helpful and appropriate that the bench and bar have now guidance by our highest court.

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January 29, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Our courts have treated arbitration contracts like they have treated others. The history of the law shows that legal doctrines, as first expounded, often prove to be inadequate under the impact of later experience.

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January 26, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The sale or use of marijuana is a crime. Connecticut residency doesn't immunize a person from potential federal prosecution. And for lawyers the lesson is that it's our obligation to follow the rule of law, or risk the consequences for failing to do so.

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January 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The time has come to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach.

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January 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

We have all taken courses on professional responsibility in law school and now must take an ethics component of mandatory continuing legal education. And we do because Professor Hazard pressed to have the subject as part of the core curriculum.

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