Home improvement contracts in New Jersey are highly regulated, and these regulations are to protect homeowners when they hire contractors for home improvements. They cover general contractors hiring sub-contractors to perform work, landscaping services, clearing or...
Contracts
The Trouble with Templates: Drafting a Contract
Everyday thousands of individuals across the nation enter into legal binding contractual agreements. These contracts range from simple oral agreements, leases, employment contracts, those made to purchase a home, and more-complex contracts concerning the merger of...
Non-Compete Agreements: What is Reasonable?
By Chakeema Cruickshank, Staff Writer What is a Non-Compete Agreement? A non-compete agreement is a contract between employers and employees that restricts an individual from working for a competitor during or after their employment. They can also prevent an...
New Jersey’s New Equal Pay Act – This is Big!
It has been 6 months since New Jersey's Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the "Act") took effect. On March 27, 2018, the New Jersey legislature passed the Act, amending the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD"). The LAD has long been New Jersey's law for promotion...
Arbitration Agreements Cannot Limit Punitive Damages
Many times, when a former employee files a lawsuit against an employer, a court will uphold an arbitration agreement between them. An arbitration agreement is a contract that employers may have their employees sign that requires that the employee agrees to forgo...
Gross Negligence: A Changing Definition For Landlords and Tenants
The Anti-Eviction Act is a New Jersey law that protects residential tenants' rights and specifically prohibits landlords from evicting residents without good cause. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 (2017). Good cause is considered to be anything that "has willfully or by reason of...
Grantors’ Intent Stays Even When Love Goes
Buying property together as a couple can be very tricky. Relationships can change quickly - sometimes faster than legal documents can be changed. This is precisely what happened in Burke v. Bernardini, a New Jersey Appellate Court case decided last month. Mr....