On July 14, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a Notice to Lawyers and Public (“Notice”), which announced changes intended to fight the big backlog of residential landlord-tenant cases - after the moratorium on evictions temporarily ceased such activity for more than...
Michael Farhi, Esq.
“Toxic” Conservatorships? New Jersey Conservatorship Law in the Wake of Britney Spears’ Abuse Allegations
By Marissa Kindberg On June 23, 2021, Britney Spears testified to a California court requesting the termination of her conservatorship, which has been in place for over a decade. In her testimony, Ms. Spears detailed her experiences and called the conservatorship...
Digital Privacy – Progress in NJ?
Listen to this Blog By Joseph Wapelhorst, Staff Writer In this digital age, protection of private information and interactions with large corporations can be important. Many websites and companies take advantage of “tech unsavvy” users’ unawareness of the risks of...
How Landlords Can Prevent Housing Discrimination Claims
Listen to this Blog By Joseph Wapelhorst, Staff Writer The past 12 plus months have been a reminder that discrimination is not always a thing of the past. Housing discrimination in particular still thrives in many forms throughout the country. Landlords may not even...
What Contractors Have to Fear from New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu, Staff Writer THE NEW JERSEY CONSUMER FRAUD ACT The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (“NJCFA”) arguably grants the strongest protections against consumer fraud in the nation. The Act protects consumers from unconscionable commercial...
New Jersey’s Complex Business Litigation Program
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu New Jersey, being part of the greater New York City area, is one of the most competitive business environments in the world. To succeed here, a business needs every possible advantage. The New Jersey Supreme Court established the...
What Is Employment Discrimination in NJ?
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu, Staff Writer At some point, you’ve likely experienced unfair treatment on the job. Maybe you didn’t get the promotion you deserved because of office politics, or your boss played favorites. Nepotism—favoring family members—is another...
Protecting Your Brand
Listen to this Blog By Joseph Wapelhorst, Staff Writer For small, independent artists and creators, there are few tools more necessary for the progress of their careers than copyright protections. But do these legal safeguards always offer the same resources to...
Our Efforts Help Send New Law To Limit Harassment and Discrimination in Politics Back to the Drawing Board
Listen to this Blog By Michael Farhi, Esq. A few weeks ago, we posted a blog called New Law To Limit Harassment and Discrimination in Political Campaigns Falls Short. One of the things we said in the blog was that a proposed new law to “remediate and prevent...
What Small Landlords Need to Know
Listen to this Blog By Zhen Liu, Staff Writer As job losses have climbed into the millions due to the coronavirus pandemic, laid-off workers increasingly can’t pay their rent. That’s also bad news for small landlords, in particular. Unlike large real estate companies...