Law Journal Editorial Board

April 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court was in essence asked to render an advisory opinion and decided to address a moot issue in order to give guidance on a subject of "significant public importance," which our appellate courts, the parties and the amicus thought was important to provide.

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April 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

We believe prosecutors should be willing to make known the fact that an investigation has come to a close.

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April 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court has said, don't mess with the arbitration system you insisted upon in your contracts. If you do, then the consumer will have a pass to litigate in court.

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April 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

This board strongly supports full funding of Legal Services Corp. In our view, the Trump defunding request is cruel and wrong. It should be rejected.

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March 27, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Bound Brook Board of Education, v. Glenn Ciripompa, the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Timpone, reversed the Appellate Division—which had reversed the trial court, which had reversed the arbitrator. We agree.

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March 27, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

While we might individually agree that it is good practice for presidential candidates to be transparent about their financial affairs, the sole incentive to coerce a candidate to abide by that practice must remain the risk of angering the voters by noncompliance.

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March 20, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado unlocks the jury room door only a well-circumscribed crack—a crack justified by the unique place that our jury system plays in our democracy, and the pernicious history of racial bias that we are still struggling to overcome.

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March 20, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Over the past half-century, the issue of which state's statute of limitation should be applied in a multi-state tort action has repeatedly been changed by our Supreme Court. What the court has now done is restore, in a large measure, the original test.

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March 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A recent Tax Court decision holds that professional standards require an appraiser to "verify information with a party to the transaction to ensure its accuracy and gain insight into the motivation behind each transaction." We agree, and we think that the principle has broader application when the internet has allowed anyone to be his or her own publisher.

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March 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A recent Appellate Division ruling does not undercut plea-bargaining, but defense counsel must be careful about what they say and the context in which it is said.

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