Law Journal Editorial Board

August 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The proposal seems to have deservedly dropped out of sight and may now be too late for this year's general election. But it is still a bad idea and we should be diligent in watching out for its reappearance.

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August 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"One of the pioneers on the subject of sentence equality and avoidance of undue disparity in sentencing," Justice James Coleman Jr. had a unique "zeal for justice," writes the Law Journal Editorial Board.

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August 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

We agree with the court's opinion and welcome it as a good tutorial on the law of contracts in the context of indemnification for first- and third-party claims.

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August 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

We urge the State Police to provide the required information to the State Comptroller without further delay. The reputation of this law enforcement agency depends on it.

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July 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The First Amendment has worked for centuries because despicable and hateful speech has been countered and overridden by rational and moral discourse. As lawyers and citizens, we need to stay that path.

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3 minute read

July 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

We find no basis for treating a glove box (and particularly a locked one even though within reach of a passenger, as in "Wilson") differently from any other compartment.

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July 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Peaceful protest and even some civil disobedience—recognizing and accepting the legal consequences of illegal behavior—is in the best American free speech tradition.

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July 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

In this manifestation, the court is shown to be more than an institution from which people are just locked up, but also one from which people can find a fuller measure of justice: kindness and a better future.

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July 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Without more, we are as yet unprepared to join those who believe that the overruling of "Chevron" in and of itself will result in the disassembly of modern administrative regulatory programs.

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7 minute read

July 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The dissent argues that expansion of the "Stewart/Abraham" "legal principle" should rest solely with the Legislature.

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