A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision has provided much needed clarity on a 2010 change to the "palimony" law, which said that those agreements for support were unenforceable unless in writing.More and more couples are choosing to live in a traditional family...
Month: January 2016
The Law of Pop-Ups
In this time of shifting economic tides, storeowners often have to "hunker down" and "weather the storm" in order to end up "end up in the black." (no more clichés). Pop-up shops (otherwise known as "flash shops") provide entrepreneurs with a unique tool, low...
Wills of the Rich and Famous – Or Not!
When Wang Yung-Ching passed away in 2008 at age 91 in his New Jersey home, he was one of the world's 200 richest people. Born into poverty as the son of tea farmers in Taiwan, he started the Formosa Plastics Group, an international plastics manufacturing conglomerate...
Business Compliance – Looking Back and Ahead
Yearly changes in the law are inevitable, especially for businesses in New Jersey. While there are no new laws that take effect this year, it's important for employers to "take a look back" at those that took effect in 2015.Minimum Wage. One important thing for...
Gun Control Blog
What's more in the news today than guns? Our state has one of the most restrictive gun laws in the U.S., in large part because there's nothing in the New Jersey Constitution protecting a citizen's right to keep and bear arms for ordinary citizens. To summarize our gun...
Transgender Rights in the Workplace
All of us know that discrimination in the workplace still happens, based on race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. People belonging to these "protected classes" often are less likely to be hired and more likely...