In the News

• posted: Feb. 01, 2026
• employment law,  Family Leave Act,  compliance

Issues relating to workers’ rights under family and medical leave laws often trigger confusion and conflict. This area of employment law has evolved rapidly at both the state and federal Read More

• posted: Oct. 31, 2025
• employment law,  Noncompete Agreements,  FTC

Over the past few years, there have been numerous developments related to the enforcement of employee noncompete agreements. Under the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) established a rule Read More

• posted: Apr. 23, 2025

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• posted: Mar. 14, 2025

Vineland Police Sgt. Lou Platania’s retired K9 Agir was honored by the Animals in War & Peace with a Medal of Distinguished Service ( https://animalsinwarandpeace.org/) on March 11, 2025.  Agir Read More

• posted: Mar. 01, 2024

Three Egg Harbor Township police officers represented by the Barker firm exonerated by jury verdict for the defense in excessive force and false arrest case.Here is the link to the Read More

• posted: Feb. 21, 2024

Leak v. City of Paterson, No. 22-cv-06994 (MEF)(JBC), 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30215, at *11 n.10 (D.N.J. Feb. 19, 2025) but see Khalil v. City of Paterson, 2018 WL 6168191, *5 Read More

• posted: Nov. 25, 2023

BWCs in jails Lawrence, D. S., Peterson, B. E., White, M. D., Cunningham, B. C., & Coldren Jr, J. R. (2023). Can body-worn cameras reduce injuries during response-to-resistance events in a Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2023

 On July 6, 2023, Judge Kirsch of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey decided an interesting case, Elfar v. Holmdel, and ruled that the defendant Read More

• posted: Feb. 01, 2023
• workplace investigation

If you’re an employer, you need to be prepared for the possibility that an employee will complain about alleged illegal activity within the company. Promptly investigating the allegation not only Read More

• posted: Dec. 01, 2022
• remote,  virtual court case

The Covid-19 pandemic brought in-person court proceedings to a halt in 2020. Courts around the country adopted remote hearings and trials, usually over video conferencing, to allow the judicial branch Read More

• posted: Oct. 25, 2022

CAMDEN — A lawsuit trial in federal court here is over with jurors finding that two Vineland police officers did not violate the civil rights of a man who died Read More

• posted: Oct. 01, 2022
• discrimination,  sexual harassment,  for good cause

An employee’s accusation of discrimination can be damaging to a company or organization. Even if you have taken steps to make sure your employees are not subject to harassment or Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2022
• hostile work environment,  Aguas v. state,  Farragher-Ellerth defense,  vicarious liability

For three decades, New Jersey law has allowed companies to be held liable for sexual harassment committed by supervisors that results in hostile work environments. Even though a supervisor is Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2021
• home improvement contractors,  consumer fraud act violations,  construction projects

New Jersey has strict regulations in place which govern home improvement contractors. Contractors that do not adhere to these regulations can be sued for consumer fraud, and the homeowner may Read More

• posted: Nov. 03, 2021
• Americans with Disabilities,  commercial landlords,  commercial tenants,  repairs

The legal rights and obligations of commercial tenants are somewhat different from those of residential tenants in New Jersey. While residential tenants are protected by laws that set a basic Read More

• posted: Jan. 30, 2021
• law enforcement records,  New Jersey Open Public Records Act,  non-disclosure,  police record confidentiality law

New Jersey is one of 21 states in which police disciplinary records are confidential, but a bill pending in the state senate aims to change that. The measure would classify Read More