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September 19, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State v. Washington Lives, But Does Not Extend

What a panel of three judges does in the context of deciding a murder case remains sacrosanct.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

5 minute read

September 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Parents Must Be Responsible, or Face Possible Criminal Culpability for School Shootings

Parents who like guns and want to pass their interest on to their children should do so in a responsible manner and ask themselves is my child mature enough and healthy enough to receive such a potentially deadly gift or have access to firearms.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

September 09, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Crisis in Connecticut: Our Growing Wage Complaint Backlog

The taxpayers of Connecticut shouldn't have to foot the bill for wage recovery efforts when malfeasant employers are to blame.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

3 minute read

September 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Yes to Judiciary Transparency

The notion of judicial transparency—giving the public access to judicial proceedings—is a long tradition in New Jersey.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

2 minute read

September 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Confirm John Jay Hoffman to the New Jersey Supreme Court

There are risks of an evenly divided court on a number of matters, and there is no reason that we can think of to suggest Hoffman should not have been confirmed in time to prepare for the first argument date.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

3 minute read

August 30, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

New State Law Governing Real Estate Deals Protects Consumers

We support the consumer-friendly changes embodied in the new law, which will foster a more transparent market for buyers and create more competition with lower commissions paid by consumers.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

August 29, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Checking In on AI, Lawyers, Judges and Skeptics

We have started to understand where AI might fit within the practice of law as well as some of the practical applications that AI, specifically generative AI, can offer.

By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board

6 minute read

August 23, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State-Based Assault Weapons Bans: There's Room for Hope

Given courts' propensity to entertain these suits, it sometimes feels as if Justice Scalia's oft-cited caveat in Heller—that the Second Amendment "is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose"—has been reduced to dicta.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

August 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Justice Alan B. Handler, a Transformative Presence for New Jersey Courts

We mourn the recent passing of Justice Alan B. Handler, who served on the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1977 to 1999 and whose impact as a scholar and author was monumental.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

7 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Lament for the Unhoused and the Supreme Court's Moral Failing

The facial neutrality of Grants Pass's anti-camping ordinance is artificial, since it effectively criminalizes sleeping in the only location available to the city's homeless population.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

3 minute read