New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Bruce S. Rosen | October 6, 2023
Things just got a lot tougher for those seeking to sue in New Jersey for defamation involving a matter of public concern.
By Jimmy Hoover | October 5, 2023
Missouri's stayed Second Amendment Preservation Act effectively bars local police from enforcing the federal government's "unconstitutional" gun control laws.
By Allison Dunn | October 5, 2023
At oral arguments Wednesday regarding whether a home health aide who was fired for violating her employer's COVID-19 vaccination policy is owed unemployment benefits, several Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices appeared wary of denying benefits to employees who express sincerely held religious beliefs.
By Cedra Mayfield | October 5, 2023
"Public exposure of what is happening prevents them from sweeping it under the rug," said plaintiff attorney Mawuli Mel Davis of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law. "Having to pay makes it an unsustainable proposition for them to continue certain kinds of behaviors. We think both are necessary."
By Cheryl Miller | October 5, 2023
Los Angeles lawyer Marla Brown's tweets, including one that said "Shoot the protestors," were reflections of anger and frustration with looting and vandalism, not a call to arms, said State Bar Court Judge Dennis Saab.
By Colleen Murphy | October 4, 2023
The Colorado Supreme Court has granted certification to Masterpiece Cakeshop, the same store that was party to the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 'Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop,' after a decision by the Colorado Court of Appeals rejected the store's arguments and held that the act of baking a pink cake with blue frosting does not constitute protected speech under the First Amendment.
By Alaina Lancaster | October 2, 2023
"This is not a speech case, as defendants wrongly tried to cast it, but rather a contract case, with all the elements first-year students at Hastings have been taught for over a century," said Dhillon Law Group's Harmeet Dhillon.
By Marianna Wharry | October 2, 2023
"We are so thankful for this opportunity to protect trans youth, their families, and their medical providers from this baseless and dangerous law," said Malita Picasso, staff attorney for the ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project. "While this fight is not over, every day that transgender Montanans are able to access this care is a critical and life-saving victory. We will never stop opposing this ban and all others like it until every transgender person has the care and support they need to thrive."
By Cassandre Coyer | September 28, 2023
If upheld, the Fifth Circuit ruling would give social media companies more discretion in content moderation. But not all agree on whether it will make social media legal departments' lives any easier.
By Marianna Wharry | September 28, 2023
"[T]he Supreme Court held that Washington's mandatory 'Three Strikes' law may be applied to childhood offenses, and that crimes committed by a child may count as automatic 'strikes' toward a life without parole sentence," Jan Trasen, of the Washington Appellate Project, said in statement. "This disregards evidence-based [Washington state] precedent that 'children are different' from adults, and that they must be sentenced differently. As the dissenting justices said, 'A juvenile charged and sentenced in adult court does not magically become an adult because of the venue in which the case is resolved. … Children are different and age matters.'"
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