The Law Journal Editorial Board

August 30, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

We support the consumer-friendly changes embodied in the new law, which will foster a more transparent market for buyers and create more competition with lower commissions paid by consumers.

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August 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

We mourn the recent passing of Justice Alan B. Handler, who served on the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1977 to 1999 and whose impact as a scholar and author was monumental.

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August 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Not addressed in the American Bar Association's opinion on generative AI is whether the technology is considered to be engaging in the practice of law.

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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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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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