Law Journal Editorial Board

May 14, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

We would like to propose that the New Jersey appellate rules be amended so as to require a statement of questions presented in all appellate briefs. We believe that the federal rules serve a very useful purpose.

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May 14, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

China, Russia and Iran have used all available technical means to block and punish the circulation of objectionable content, with considerable success. European governments with firsthand experience of fascism seem to be comfortable controlling online expression that they deem socially dangerous. For the United States, with its robust tradition of unfettered speech, it is a much tougher issue.

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May 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey should be proud of the accomplishments of the law school of Rutgers, our state university.

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May 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Many of us, like Justice Sotomayor, were concerned that our historic church/state separation had been badly damaged by Trinity Lutheran, and it may have been. But Chief Justice Rabner emphasized that the funds the Morris County churches sought and obtained were put to a religious use.

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April 30, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

We think 'Quill Corp v. North Dakota' was wrong and hope the Supreme Court will so hold.

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April 23, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Zalcberg, the court not only failed to interpret New Jersey's Constitution as requiring that a warrant be obtained before blood is drawn, but it refused to follow the United States Supreme Court's clear mandate that a warrant be obtained under such circumstances.

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April 23, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers are citizens and drivers as well as professionals, and should know about the availability and limits of under-insured motorist coverage.

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April 23, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The court's public policy rationale is unassailable. Cooperating New Jersey citizens should not be subject to negligent misidentification lawsuits.

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April 16, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

We agree with Justice Thomas' assessment—the majority “says little about how a court of appeals could ever rule in Tharpe's favor on the merits of the prejudice question.”

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April 16, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three stories, unfolding simultaneously but in different parts of the country, further evidence how politics has increasingly seeped into the judicial selection process and compromised the independence of our judiciary.

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