Editorial Board

March 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Broad, open-ended constitutional language is a grant of authority to the courts that have the final decision about what it includes, what it prohibits, and what it requires. In our system, that includes the power to override the will of the two elected branches of the state government.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

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March 28, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Dram Shop Act provides a remedy to some who are injured as a result of overservice, albeit at the cost of precluding a common law action for negligence which the statute bars. But there are weaknesses with the statute, the editorial board writes.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

March 28, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

What we need, but are often too hesitant to ask for, are strong mentors. We know we bear ultimate responsibility for our career trajectories. But good mentors may be the difference between staying to fight another day or leaving the profession entirely.

By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board

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March 27, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By enacting the proposed discovery rule, Connecticut would fall in line with several other states that have adopted such a provision, the editorial board writes.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

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March 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Politicians who supported fetal personhood legislation are now nervously proclaiming their support for IVF. But it turns out that Alabama is not out of the political woods.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

March 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Our attorney general is not the governor's lawyer.

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

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March 21, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The disbanding of PR&I in 2017 was a misguided attempt to save a meager amount of money.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

March 20, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Unclaimed money should not be kept in a lawyer's IOLTA account when It could be put to better uses, including legal aid

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

2 minute read

March 18, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Pending before the General Assembly is a bill, Raised H.B. No. 5242, An Act Concerning The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records on Housing Opportunities,…

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

March 15, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Of direct concern to lawyers, the bills would prohibit parties from making requests that would be "unreasonable, oppressive or duplicative of already pending discovery requests in a legal proceeding."

By The Law Journal Editorial Board

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