Editorial Board

January 02, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

If there was ever a time to reevaluate mandatory disbarment for knowing misappropriation of client funds, that time is now. It is incumbent on the court to codify and clarify a recent exception.

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December 30, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut legislators have shut down expanded reach for urban housing authorities. That needs to change.

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December 27, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Now is no time for courts to fine tune the scientifically-grounded measures rationally adopted by our state, which is conventionally understood to have the "police power" to protect the public health and welfare.

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December 27, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We urge the Murphy administration and the legislature to keep their promises to make police reform a top priority in 2021.

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December 23, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Our government should acknowledge the grievous wrong it has committed through a systematic policy of family separation.

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December 20, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Regardless of the interests of their clients, lawyers have an overriding duty as licensed officers of the courts to protect the integrity and authority of the legal system. This wave of futile lawsuits has gone right up to and in some cases beyond the line.

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4 minute read

December 20, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The censure of an attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court for a concurrent conflict of interest emphasizes that attorneys may occasionally violate the most fundamental principles of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

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December 18, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Little has been written about the inevitable erosion of camaraderie at the bar that has resulted from the pandemic.

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December 13, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

This won't be the last of such challenges, but for the moment, the court's action in the face of a strong constitutional challenge means that not much has changed for trade names in New Jersey.

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December 13, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We suggest that, while unfortunate circumstances have generated this innovation, SCOTUS take an additional constructive step forward.

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