By Marc Rollo and Charles Dennen and Grace Baccare | January 21, 2025
Some of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have taken steps to institute their own climate change laws aimed at imposing damages on fossil fuel companies that states allege are responsible for climate impacts.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 17, 2025
We believe that the Supreme Court in its unanimous opinion in Rodriguez v. Shelbourne Spring is correct and maintains the delicate balance between scheduled award provisions of the act and the exclusionary limitations in insurance policies.
By Frank A. Lauletta | January 16, 2025
Despite the benefits of working with or among other lawyers, an overwhelming majority of lawyers work solo or in small firms (two to nine attorneys). Lawyers in these smaller settings may benefit from the opportunity to collaborate with others in a shared environment such as a co-working facility shared among other lawyers.
By Lynne Strober | January 13, 2025
The New Jersey legal system defines parents as natural, when they have biological children or are parents by previous adoption. This language must be changed from both legal and humanistic perspectives. There is no fundamental reason to define biological parents or parents by previous adoption differently than the people who become parents of children through other avenues.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 10, 2025
While we are always sensitive to the potential problems of misuse of judicial office, it is therefore also important to recognize when those potential problems have been correctly addressed, and not to taint and thereby discourage a proactive solution with inaccurate suggestions of impropriety.
By Gary Strong and Elizabeth A. Napierkowski | January 9, 2025
In the construction industry, stakeholders are often looking for new ways to improve efficiency across the stages of the project, while also focusing on ways for the project to remain cost-effective. This goal can often be hindered by the threat of litigation or arbitration when disputes arise in the midst of the project. An increasingly popular solution to this problem is the use of dispute resolution boards.
By Frank C. Mindicino | January 6, 2025
The current generation of Baby Boomers has acquired more wealth than any generation in the history of mankind. And they are beginning to understand that legacy and estate planning takes more than leaving money to the next generation by declaring beneficiaries in their will or TOD. Families want to address and accomplish multiple family objectives across generations that will accelerate the family goals and objectives for the next 15 to 100 years.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 3, 2025
A life was taken, and there can be no excuse for that.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 3, 2025
Although no one can predict how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the pending motion for bill of complaint and petition for certiorari, the conservative majority’s interpretation of environmental statutes and regulations has not in the recent past been responsive to environmental protection.
By Steven I. Adler | January 2, 2025
Here are the Fearless Forecaster’s employment law predictions for 2025
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