Law Journal Editorial Board

December 15, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The appellate court room is another place in which civility is required. It should be encouraged by all members of the bench and bar.

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December 15, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We agree with the rationale in Jardim, but do not feel complacent that sales of items posted on the internet may not in other factual settings create jurisdiction here.

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December 15, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The answer to the issues raised by Uber's business model does not lie in the change proposed by S-4204/A-5936.

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December 08, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

This recommendation is not likely to attract headlines. But it is a transcendent axiom that public policies must be the product of fact-based and evidence-based analysis.

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December 08, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Third Circuit rightly decided that the Eleventh Amendment bars a suit against the state brought by PennEast as condemnor. The principle seems important enough to us for the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari and affirm.

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December 08, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

This is an emergency. We urge that partisanship and bickering be put to one side so that nominations can be considered and approved without further delay.

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December 01, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We think that the validation of this kind of gamesmanship by two Courts of Appeals perfectly illustrates the 1947 caution of Judge Learned Hand against the plain meaning doctrine of statutory construction.

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December 01, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We support the ruling in 'Alasaad v. McAleenan,' which strikes a reasonable balance between the need to search electronic devices and the Fourth Amendment right to freedom from arbitrary searches.

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November 24, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The pension board and the Appellate Division seemingly failed to consider in a reasonable fashion prior Supreme Court decisions that would have permitted this application to be revised retroactively.

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November 24, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The denial should not be hailed as permitting liability of gun manufacturers or sellers for the deaths of victims of gun violence, but does signal that some types of activities related to the marketing and sales of firearms may become subject to liability.

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