Law Journal Editorial Board

June 19, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

If we are not to go through this crisis again, we need to take concrete measures to weed out abusive officers and to strengthen the political control of the policed over those who police them.

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June 14, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

How this order could possibly withstand judicial scrutiny under the public forum doctrine is dubious. And how compelling a publisher to speak is different from a mandated flag salute is unclear.

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June 07, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Were it not for volunteering of superb lawyers, the marshaling of resources, hard work and luck, Baker and Washington would still be in prison today.

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June 07, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey State Bar Association deserves praise for successfully moving its entire annual meeting online in a little over two months.

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May 31, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

If the enactment of a federal bankruptcy law for state governments would arguably undermine confidence in the financial markets, an actual state default based on sovereign immunity would certainly do so.

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May 31, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We urge the New Jersey courts to follow what appears to be a majority (and growing) position in support of relief for the possessor, and not just the owner, of the trade secret.

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May 26, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The decision to appoint an amicus is a proper exercise of a judge's work as independent finder of fact and law in our adversary system.

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May 26, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Supreme Court decision from earlier this year should be a lesson for attorneys who try cases with the assistance of support staff. It is no longer enough for senior counsel to say "the associate handles that."

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May 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We point out that it is now settled as a result of the landmark opinion in 'Apprendi' and its progeny that an aggravating factor or factors permitting the death penalty must be found by a jury.

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May 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

We hope the decision will be upheld on appeal. The Legislature finally heeded the obvious need, and judicial call, for detailed statutory treatment of this element of end-of-life conflicts in favor of individual autonomy.

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