Alimony law has never been a hotter topic in New Jersey than now, with waves of reform laws contested and clarified in the past couple of years.Under the Alimony Reform Act of 2014 ("Act"), spouses receiving alimony could have their payments reduced or terminated if...
Temporary employees are typically hired to fill temporary vacancies, to help with increased work demands or to cover seasonal business needs. They can be hired directly or through a staffing agency, meaning that the staffing agency is theoretically their boss, not the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The year is 2020. A young attorney sits at her desk, idly watching the midday crowds stream through the city, passing her storefront. She sighs. The clock ticks. She hasn't seen a client in weeks, and is starting to fear that she'll waste away like the rest of her...
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