Law Journal Editorial Board

June 09, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Williams v The MLB Network provides a lesson in the scope of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act and the extent to which employers may control the conduct of employees outside of the workplace.

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June 09, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

“Strangers” with no relationship to the insured should not be permitted to benefit by investment or wager on the life expectancy of another individual whether or not someone with an insured interest obtains a benefit by initially becoming the the named beneficiary of the policy.

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June 02, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

We believe that fiscal issues of this size and significance should be decided by the people's representatives, or the people themselves.

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June 02, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The court did not stand on technicalities, construe LAD, or the definition of “person” therein, narrowly, or read the Noerr defense broadly, achieving a result that can significantly help members of a protected class who cannot otherwise protect themselves.

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May 26, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

This somewhat jaded view of the appointment process requires a brief answer from this board, which has several former members of the judiciary and practitioners intimately aware of the appointment process. Our system is working here.

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May 26, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The lesson is clear; if parties drafting contracts want to be able to compel arbitration involving any New Jersey party, the drafter should take the time to review its existing forms and make them as clear as possible.

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May 19, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Technology is making universal surveillance of public spaces possible, and the right to be lost in the crowd will not depend on chalk. The real issue is not search but scrutiny.

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May 19, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court reminds us that we all should be aware of the doctrine and its potential application in the context of legal malpractice.

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May 12, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Even where a party believes that a claim embodied in a particular count of the complaint was adequately met by the defense offered as to a different count, it nonetheless is necessary to respond to the former as well.

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May 12, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

The troublesome issue of scienter, as a necessary ingredient of various securities acts violations, remains in flux.

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