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New Jersey Law Journal

Bridgegate: Time for an Attorney General Elected and Accountable to the People

New Jersey needs to have a system that will hold government officials accountable, including those in the governor's office and the governor himself. Anything less allows political corruption to be ignored and undermines the public's trust in government.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appropriate to Appoint an Amicus in the Flynn Case

The decision to appoint an amicus is a proper exercise of a judge's work as independent finder of fact and law in our adversary system.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Sanction Offers a Warning on Courtroom Tech Savvy

A Supreme Court decision from earlier this year should be a lesson for attorneys who try cases with the assistance of support staff. It is no longer enough for senior counsel to say "the associate handles that."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Congratulations Class of 2020, We Are Rooting for You

To welcome you to the profession, we would like to share some advice with you. Most of the members of our board graduated from law school during or just before the Great Recession. Although our current crisis is on a much larger scale, we feel your pain.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Message for Emerging Lawyers

Thank you for the grace and resilience that you have shown in these daunting times. You are entering our profession at a tipping-point moment where our shared responsibilities and collective pain have made even clearer that we do not live only for ourselves.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Jurisprudence Helps Guide Death Penalty Litigation Nationally

We point out that it is now settled as a result of the landmark opinion in 'Apprendi' and its progeny that an aggravating factor or factors permitting the death penalty must be found by a jury.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Death With Dignity Act Decision Should Stand

We hope the decision will be upheld on appeal. The Legislature finally heeded the obvious need, and judicial call, for detailed statutory treatment of this element of end-of-life conflicts in favor of individual autonomy.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Pressure Mounts for Federal Legislation Protecting Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits, But Don't Count on It

Legislation to immunize businesses from a deluge of coronavirus-related lawsuits would be welcome, but several factors make it uncertain, if not unlikely.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Alternative Facts' Have No Place in Public Schools

The Third Circuit strikes a blow for objective truth in the post-truth era.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Definition of 'Tribunal' Needed, One Way or Another

The question has been whether a "foreign or international tribunal" included arbitration proceedings.
4 minute read

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