New Jersey Business And Employment Law
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There will come a point in your case when your attorney will discuss the possibility of mediation in your case. This point typically comes following the notice of court ordered mediation received early in the case before much discovery has been completed.
The NJ Supreme Court recently decided the case of Libertarians for Transparent Government v. Cumberland County, et al., allowing the release of a former employee’s settlement agreement through a public records request. Case Background Tyrone Ellis worked for the...
Newsletter From An Attorney Considering you're receiving a newsletter from an attorney, or a litigator, that means that either you or someone close to you may at some point be involved in a case against a company or an individual. Whether you bring the case or are...
On September 21, 2021, the NJ Supreme Court ruled on an issue that arose from an attorney’s use of Facebook in its early days. In 2007, Defendant’s attorney’s paralegal sent a Facebook “friend” request to the plaintiff to access his private Facebook posts in a...
Rios v. Meda Pharmaceutical, Inc. NJ Supreme Court June 16, 2021 The NJ Law Against Discrimination prohibits discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, and national origin, amongst numerous other protected categories. If you are alleging that the discrimination...
Often, a document that you sign accepting some benefit from your employer may contain an agreement to arbitrate some or all of your claims against that employer. To be enforceable, the language of the arbitration clause must clearly and specifically inform the...
Understanding New Jersey’s Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act in the Law Against Discrimination. In March 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its first opinion addressing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a recent amendment to New Jersey Law Against...
On June 3, 2021, in Van Buren v. United States, the United States Supreme Court reversed and remanded a lower court decision allowing employers to seek criminal sanctions against an employee who misused his work computer for his own benefit. The employee, a police...
Workplace conflicts are as bad, if not worse, that conflicts at home. You spend more time at work and with co-workers and managers than you do with your family, and in many instances, you have been with your employer longer than you have known your spouse. So, when...
Casey Stern, a former Turner Sports anchor, sued the network and Warner Media, accusing them of failing to accommodate his child care needs. Stern’s ex-wife and her boyfriend have been indicted on 15 felony counts for abusing his children. Stern’s complaint, filed...