Law Journal Editorial Board

September 25, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A recent Third Circuit precedential opinion discusses the detailed requirements under the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct. But New Jersey's RPCs differ in several important respects. Read with caution.

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September 25, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

We note with approval that the Conference of State Chief Justices has entered the fray.

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September 18, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trial attorneys know that in most instances juries, the finders of fact, loathe falsity and aim to achieve the right and fair outcome.

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September 18, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Otherwise we may wake up one day in New Jersey and be barred from citing to such opinions at all.

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September 11, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

We hope to see these improvements to judicial parlance rolled out in the coming months. We urge the wider judicial community to adopt them as well.

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September 11, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

There seems to be a steady nationwide movement toward more anti-SLAPP statutes, spurred by the 2020 Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), and now the act has been introduced in the state Legislature.

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September 11, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Seven opinions were filed in August before the quorum sitting on those appeals was lost so that no appeal has to be reargued in the new term.

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September 04, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

We recommend that pro bono practices offer a helping hand to libraries and librarians in need.

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September 04, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"A more pointed review of higher education costs is in order."

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September 04, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Is single-senator veto of gubernatorial nominees a form of tyranny? Isn't it a judicial function to protect against that? It is time for new litigation to test whether this undemocratic practice should continue in our state.

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