New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Christine M. Sarteschi and Daniel Pollack | April 30, 2021
OP-ED: The trend has been for the Supreme Court to indicate that children, because of their lack of maturity, should be treated differently from adults. Last week, with the decision in 'Jones v. Mississippi,' that trend paused, or perhaps, stopped.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Darren Gelber and Lisa Gora | April 30, 2021
A discussion of the decriminalization components of one of the bills that Governor Murphy signed into law. Practitioners advising clients about any aspect of cannabis have some reading and studying to do.
By Charles Toutant | April 28, 2021
"Because defendant and amici have no sound evidence to support their premise of virtual grand juror irresponsibility, they have resorted to speculation and hypothetical scenarios," the court said.
By Nate Robson | Jacqueline Thomsen | Alaina Lancaster | April 20, 2021
"Shedding tears for [George Floyd's] family, for the witnesses and community traumatized by this killing. For those who protested and still protest demanding change. The heaviness remains. But step-by-step. Step-by-step," said Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
By Charles Toutant | April 12, 2021
"Anne is a great choice for this extraordinarily important position," said Christopher Porrino, who was the state's attorney general from 2016 to 2018 and is now chair of the litigation department at Lowenstein Sandler.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 11, 2021
We agree it is essential for a court to assure the scientific reliability of DNA evidence and to permit defendant the right to contest its reliability in a meaningful way.
By Jason Grant | March 29, 2021
As the high-stakes trial of Chauvin, the white police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, before he was pronounced dead, gets underway, the world and lawyers everywhere are getting to see how trials are being conducted amidst the still-deadly pandemic.
By Suzette Parmley | March 23, 2021
The majority upheld defendant Luis Maisonet's conviction even though the trial court fell short in conducting the necessary analysis.
By Charles Toutant | March 18, 2021
The case serves as a reminder of how vulnerable, and how attractive, law firms are to cybercriminals.
By Charles Toutant | March 17, 2021
"It's probably human nature for people to think it's unfair, but there's not any alternative," said Robert Williams, a professor emeritus at Rutgers Law School-Camden and an expert on state constitutional law.
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