Warding Off Employee Claims of COVID-19 Safety Violations in the Workplace
- posted: Nov. 17, 2020
Businesses around the country are facing an increase in whistleblower claims related to alleged COVID-19 workplace safety violations. It is easy to understand why. An employee who raises a concern Read More
Defending Against Hostile Workplace Claims Based on “Totality of the Circumstances”
- posted: Nov. 17, 2020
Businesses operate under an umbrella of state and federal laws that protect employees from harassment and discrimination in the workplace. While these laws indeed help employees who are victims of Read More
Governor issues new Executive Orders on Saturday
- posted: Mar. 26, 2020
On Saturday, March 21, 2010, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy issued two new Executive Order in a continued effort to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. EO No. 107 issues a Read More
Compliance with the Executive Order No. 108
- posted: Mar. 26, 2020
As part of EO No. 108, law firms, like all other non-essential retail businesses, have been ordered to have their workforce telework “whenever practicable” with the exception of employees who Read More
State v. Orlando Trinidad
- posted: Mar. 24, 2020
This seems applicable for our defense of civil rights cases, albeit the decision comes from a criminal case. The victim’s mention of high profile police brutality cases, which happened twice Read More
DOL Issues Final Rule Increasing Salary Thresholds
- posted: Oct. 16, 2019
On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor issued a final rule increasing the salary threshold for exempt employees and “highly compensated employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Read More
How Many Days After A Decision Altering Binding Precedent is the New Decision Considered Clearly Established Law?
- posted: Jul. 24, 2019
This is an issue that has been presented recently across several circuits. In a recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit Court Appeals, that Court found that nine (9) days Read More
The New Jersey Supreme Court Rules that MVR Recordings Constituted Criminal Investigatory Records and thus were Not Required to be Produced Pursuant to New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act
- posted: Sep. 12, 2018
SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been Read More
Are District Courts getting the qualified immunity analysis wrong?
- posted: Jun. 07, 2018
On April 2, 2018, the Supreme Court, decided a qualified immunity case, Kisela v. Hughes, wherein the Court reversed a Ninth Circuit decision which denied summary judgment to a police Read More
