Law Journal Editorial Board

November 17, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

It is not standard practice to explain the terms of an engagement letter absent specific questions or to recommend independent legal advice. But that might be about to change. We urge the Supreme Court to provide much needed guidance to the bar.

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November 10, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division decision, which should be published, righted a cruel adjudication and hopefully ameliorated the approach to similar future cases. We hope the court's words are taken to heart by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services.

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November 10, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We support the expansion of the statute because shopping malls and office parks are vulnerable to decay amounting to blight, but courts will have to define case by case what vacancies are "significant".

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November 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

In 'Americans for Prosperity v. Grewal,' it is not hard to speculate on the reasons why the Legislature would seek to complicate the representation of the state already required to be provided by the attorney general.

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October 27, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

No reasonable judicial system can tolerate the results of a trial by a judge who has been outed publicly as a raving anti-Semite and a virulent bigot.

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October 20, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We applaud the Supreme Court's approach to the case and concern about evolving and necessary changes to the common law. The decision is based on the court's common law and rule-making power over practice and procedure.

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October 20, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judges and lawyers are not trained linguists, and their intrusion into analytics may be influenced by any number of human biases or predispositions, especially in the absence of scientific protocols.

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October 13, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We await the outcome of the tension between the legal and investigatory processes currently in play in connection with the Economic Development Authority. We look forward to a resolution based on both the law and justice. Camden, and other state residents, deserve no less.

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October 06, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

There has been a flock of such shaming sentences, though fortunately we have not seen these shaming sentences in New Jersey. We strongly condemn sentences for the sole purpose of humiliating.

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October 06, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division's decision in Landau, which acknowledges both the difficulties of the moving party and the privacy rights of the non-moving party, balances important concerns.

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