Editorial Board

January 01, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A rich foreigner willing to invest $500,000 in a new business can buy an immigrant visa for self, spouse and minor children that becomes a permanent green card after two years. One would think the law would extend similar consideration to an alien who has actually built a business and paid taxes here.

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December 25, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A dishonest employee should not be allowed to go unpunished because of the fortuity of his employer's lack of loss.

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December 21, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

How should the law decide a case in which a surrogate mother has given birth to two children, only one of whom was the product of in vitro fertilization by the contractual donor?

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December 15, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Between 21 and 36 percent of practicing lawyers are problem drinkers. Twenty-eight percent suffer from depression; 19 percent struggle with anxiety; and 23 percent are impaired by stress. Law students fare little better—17 percent are depressed; 14 percent suffer severe anxiety; 6 percent reported suicidal thoughts in the past year; and 22 percent engaged in binge drinking during the year.

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December 14, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There are about 35,000 museums in the world, but only one that has law as its subject. Located 46 miles northwest of Hartford, it's the American Museum of Tort Law, in the small Litchfield County town of Winsted.

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December 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Whether it is because of 24-hour cable news networks, social media or the “reality show” of the recent presidential election, and events since the election, politics is taking over.

By The YL Editorial Board

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December 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate review of the tape is necessary to evaluate sufficiency of the evidence. We continue to believe viewing the primary evidence, the source itself, is necessary and appropriate.

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December 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

All told, Judge King served over 30 years in the New Jersey judiciary, and authored over 400 published opinions.

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December 08, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the film "The Shawshank Redemption," an inmate named Red, played brilliantly by Morgan Freeman, is asked by a member of the parole board whether…

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December 04, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

We await the likely last word by our Supreme Court.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

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