Law Journal Editorial Board

August 15, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Cases indicate that companies and their attorneys pay insufficient attention to how to move from ink signatures on paper to contract formation on electronic devices.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

5 minute read

August 15, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Requiring that there be some empirical basis for the assertion that an area is afflicted with high crime rates would be a first step in determining whether use of the concept in Fourth Amendment doctrine is justified by its actual efficacy.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

3 minute read

August 08, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Its reasoning about the role of statute as a source of public policy for the common law is at root inappropriate. It regards the people's elected representatives as interlopers, and it tacitly views limits on common law tort liability as expressing the will of special interests rather than public policy.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

8 minute read

August 01, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Senate has previously chosen not to apply senatorial courtesy to the renomination of sitting judges. It should do likewise with respect to Supreme Court nominations and allow the Apter nomination to go forward to hearing.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

3 minute read

August 01, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

If the borough were as confident of the correctness its position as it claimed, one would hope that it could not be dissuaded from defending its policy merely because Ms. Dick is now represented by counsel with celebrated tenacity regarding the First Amendment.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

5 minute read

July 25, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The War on Drugs packaged marijuana with heroin as an illegal Class 1 drug. More recently, medical use of cannabis has been legalized in 37 states…

By Law Journal Editorial Board

2 minute read

July 25, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

We commend the Appellate Division for providing an exemplary road map for the lawyers and judge who will have to pass upon the duties owed.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

5 minute read

July 19, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

What may make Lange especially interesting to New Jersey lawyers is the fact that it was presaged precisely by our Supreme Court back in 1989.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 19, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

In State v. Zakariyya Ahmad, decided June 15, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered the admissibility of a statement given by a 17-year-old defendant…

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 11, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The thicket ahead for students off campus may come sooner rather than later.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

5 minute read