For most of us, the goal of employment is to do what you like in a place where the environment is friendly, safe and productive. While not everyone is in that exact situation, there's a right to be safe where you work. New Jersey provides employees protection against...
Facing a foreclosure may be frightening and may make you feel helpless. But remember that in New Jersey, mortgage lenders must follow specific procedures to lawfully foreclose on a property - they cannot just take your property. This process allows property owners to...
In an age where people's entire lives can be digitally curated and documented, what it means to have something be private, and the expectations people feel they have in relation to privacy, can become blurry. Most of us would agree that what happens behind the doors...
New Jersey's Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) Law provides qualified employees who have suffered from a non-work related sickness or injury with up to 26 weeks of partial wage replacement. If you are injured on the job, the benefits of the Workers Compensation law...
While advances in technology have forever transformed and streamlined commercial and administrative processes, they also provides more opportunities for criminals to steal from unsuspecting victims. Tech-savvy thieves can use a person's identifiers (such as social...
A New Jersey judge recently gave a surprising ruling, deciding that under certain circumstances, a noncustodial parent can make some child support payments directly to his or her un-emancipated child over the age of 18.The case, Kayahan v. Kayahan, involved two...
You may have read our recent blog about a New Jersey Appeals Court decision that public schools are not accountable under the Child Sexual Abuse Act. If you didn't like that, you won't like this.Needless to say, it runs contrary to most people's sensibilities to allow...
Amber recently graduated from college, and, for the first time, could support herself financially. While she was vaguely aware about the importance of insurance during college-her enrollment required health insurance, after all - the process of shopping for the best...
Many small business owners prefer to hire independent contractors instead of employees to keep their operations running. But simply calling these workers independent contractors doesn't always truly defined their legal status. Depending on their relationship with the...
A New Jersey Appeals Court ruled that public schools are not meant to be held accountable under the Child Sexual Abuse Act (CSAA). An earlier New Jersey Supreme Court case, called Hardwicke v. American Boychoir School, said that private boarding schools could be held...
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