November 07, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Bail Reform Is WorkingThese results indicate that the reform of bail in New Jersey, while difficult to implement, has been a very significant success.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
2 minute read
November 02, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Recognition Overdue for Thomas Paine, the Forgotten FounderIt is has been posited that, without Tom Paine's pen, George Washington's sword would not have been able to win the Revolutionary War.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
3 minute read
October 30, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Time to Avoid Supreme Court Decisions Based on an Equally Divided CourtThe senior Appellate Division judge available to sit as the seventh member of the court should be assigned when only six justices would otherwise be sitting on an appeal.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
3 minute read
October 30, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Eviction Moratorium Case Needed Full Briefing and ArgumentThis was an issue on which less was definitely not more.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
October 29, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Connecticut's Sex Offender Registry Is Out of Control. It's Time for ReformThere are more than 5,700 names on Connecticut's sex offender registry, to the point of uselessness. The Connecticut Sentencing Commission has good ideas for revisions.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
6 minute read
October 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
In This Unusual Murder Case, Reconsideration Is the Correct ResultThe Supreme Court's recent grant of reconsideration in State v. Lodzinski has occasioned a great deal of comment as an extraordinary response to an unprecedented situation.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
October 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
No Facebook 'Friending,' After All These YearsThus ends an ethical lesson that in retrospect was far too elongated, both for the attorney and the bar.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
October 18, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Open Plea to Gov. Ned Lamont: Connecticut Needs More JudgesGov. Ned Lamont appears to believe the courts are adequately staffed, or else he would make more appointments. Respectfully, we disagree.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
3 minute read
October 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
Preserve Value of Unpublished Federal DecisionsThe state rule should be clarified to permit state courts to refer to and rely on unpublished federal trial courts. They are readily available, and their value should not be cast aside and lost.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
4 minute read
October 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
'Reply All' Shouldn't Be PunishedThe Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics found there was no violation of RPC 4.2. We agree.
By Law Journal Editorial Board
3 minute read