"But I would not feel so all alone. Everybody must get stoned." Bob Dylan, Rainy Day Women No. 12 In the last three weeks, the lives of millions has been turned upside down. In an unprecedented modern-day pandemic, Covid-19 or Coronavirus, has required many people to...
New Jersey has recently joined many other states across the nation in taking a serious look at state sexual harassment laws. In September of 2019, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, a part of the Attorney Generals' office, hosted three hearings across the state....
What happens when your child's school is not taking appropriate measures to protect his or her personal information? In one Central New Jersey school, the principal and teachers take pictures and videos of students and post them to social media pages such as Twitter. ...
The recent New Jersey Appeals Court case of Liranzo v. Morales Auto Repair & Junior Morales took another look at what was required to decide how the Workers' Compensation Law applies to an injured worker.The Workers' Compensation Law gives a person the right to...
The common definition of stalking generally includes, very simply, unwanted contact and/or surveillance by one person or group of another person. Under New Jersey law, the crime of stalking as defined by the Anti-stalking Law and is more complex. Under the...
By Sadayah Q. DuRant The reason for the Security Deposit Act (SDA) or NJSA 46:8-19 to 26, is to protect tenants from overreaching landlords who seek to defraud them by diverting rent security deposits to their own use. The SDA, while helpful to...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard arguments for three cases that begged the question of whether employees were protected from discrimination by their employers based on sexual orientation and gender discrimination. The three cases, Altitude Express Inc. v....
New Jersey law on non-compete agreements is changing, especially lately. In the past, New Jersey courts have allowed non-compete agreements to control a former employee's activities after termination or resignation, if it is "reasonable under all circumstances of his...
Most people are familiar with the possibility of being called for jury duty. As part of our civic duty, American citizens participate in jury duty and become part of the legal system. Jurors are given the opportunity to observe, participate in, and facilitate...
The value of having a will is that the person who makes the will gets to determine how his or her estate is divided up when he where she dies. Wills can name people specifically, whether family or not, or can name people generally (i.e., "I'd like my estate to be...
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