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New Jersey Law Journal

Qualified Immunity Poses a High Bar

A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling shows, in a context far removed from law enforcement, how clear existing law must be, and how egregious the violation, to overcome an official's defense of qualified immunity.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Why Some Children Want to Stay With Their Abusive Parents

Attorneys and other professionals need to know that the reasons children may want to be with an abusive parent may be based on attachment issues, feelings of shame, psychobiology, and a lack of understanding that they are even in an abusive situation.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Examine the Issue of Appeals From Decisions on Class Certification

We are of the view that motions granting and denying class certification should be treated as other specified interlocutory determinations which are appealable of right.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Regionalize the State's Municipal Courts

This first-step legislation will hopefully begin a process of uniformity, improvement in trial efficiency and economy of scale, so that full regionalization becomes the future of the municipal court system.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Born to Run: SCOTUS Allows Pipeline in New Jersey

OP-ED: The Court held that as long as federal regulators have approved the pipeline project, these interstate pipelines could essentially seize state-owned lands without the state's consent.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

What It Means to be an Ally, Revisited

Important questions leaders should be asking about diversity and inclusion.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The DNA Evidence Exception to the Statute of Limitations Should Be Construed Sensibly

We think the most sensible interpretation of the "DNA evidence" exception is that the limitation period begins once the state has possession of the forensic sample itself.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Observing Juneteenth

We hope everyone had a peaceful and reassuring Juneteenth.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Residents of Gated Communities Are Unfairly Protected from Service of Process

OP-ED: It became obvious to us that residents of gated communities enjoyed privileges that others did not. Protected by guards, those living within the gates could not be served.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Expands 'Miranda' to Interrogees Who Have Not Been Formally Charged

COURT WATCH: In this case, neither had a complaint been filed nor had an arrest warrant been issued when the defendant was given his Miranda warnings.
5 minute read

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