A December 29th New Jersey appeal confirmed the statutory requirement (N.J.S.A. 2A:17-51) that a defendant's employer must be served by a sheriff in order to initiate a wage garnishment process.In 2012, a creditor got a default judgment against one of the defendant's...
Month: January 2017
Getting Asylum In The U.S. Is Neither Cheap Nor Easy
United States immigration law is incredibly complex, namely because so many federal/state agencies are involved. One part of the law says that immigrants in the United States are, in specific instances, able to apply for asylum. In order to qualify to petition, a...
Think Twice Before Signing A Non-Compete Agreement
The next time an employer asks you to sign a Non-Compete agreement; you may want to think twice. A Non-Compete can either be a provision in your initial employment contract, or can be a later stand alone document.Basically, it's a contract where you promise not to...
A Screenshot of a Tweet is Good Evidence At Trial
In a recent criminal appeal, a judge examined the standard that New Jersey should use to authenticate a Twitter tweet as evidence in a trial. It was decided that the existing rather low burden-standard in New Jersey is sufficient.Defendant Hannah was convicted of...
Landlords Can Only Sue For What Is Owed Now
A December 12 2016 decision by an Appeals Court Judge considered a trial judge's dismissal of a landlord's lawsuit against its tenant for nonpayment of rent. The property owner claimed that the trial judge should not have denied its application to correct the lawsuit...
Child Abuse in School Settings Should Be Reported Immediately
A December 14 2016 appeal looked at whether a trial court's dismissal of claims against some of many defendants in a child abuse case was proper.B.F. was a 16 year-old student in the Hazlet school district (district) in 2009 with an Independent Educational Plan (IEP),...