Law Journal Editorial Board

March 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

No, not the NCAA bracket. Our focus is on the madness (and disappointment) we feel when we read law firm summaries of new New Jersey laws.

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March 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We urge Chief Judge Bumb to keep in mind that there is a long history of state and local governments regulating the possession of arms in public. We urge the attorney general to mount a rigorous defense of our elected representatives.

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March 05, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Madison Square Garden issue drives home that lawmakers should impose restrictions on the collection and use of biometric data.

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March 05, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Sometimes, no matter how hard they try, drafters of major legislation fail to anticipate every circumstance where the new law will intersect with existing statutes.

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February 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We respectfully say: Try harder.

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February 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

By not giving guidance in this case, the Supreme Court failed in one of its primary tasks.

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February 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

It would create a questionable precedent to expel a House member for misconduct committed before he took office, based on the judgment not of the voters but of members from elsewhere, that his campaign tactics were unfair.

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February 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division's recent decision brings our state court jurisprudence in line with our federal courts and out-of-state jurisdictions.

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February 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We agree with Sen. Shirley Turner: "The fact that our state treats certain retirement plans differently for tax purposes is not only confusing, it is unfair for educators and not-for-profit employees who are heavily impacted by this disparity."

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February 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We endorse victims being heard in court to the extent it does not interfere with the case law concerning a defendant's rights to a fair trial.

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