By: Linda B. Maalouf, Esq. A recent New Jersey Appellate Division case addresses the limitation of whistle-blower protection under New Jerseys Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). In White v. Starbucks, the plaintiff, Kari White, was a new district manager...
By: Jason D. Briel, Esq.A New Jersey man took his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and after a seven year battle, the Court ruled 5-4 that blanket strip search policies for detainees are not a violation of the U.S. Constitution.In 2005, Albert Florence was...
By: Jason D. Briel, Esq.Both New Jersey and Pennsylvania have adopted the premise of no fault auto insurance. This means, that regardless of whose fault the accident is, your own auto policy is responsible for you medical bills.If you are in an accident caused by...
By: Jason D. Briel, Esq.One of the most vital aspects of owning an automobile is properly protecting yourself from the unknown. Accidents can happen at anytime, anywhere and many times due to no fault of your own. When you suffer serious injuries in an automobile...
Executing a power of attorney is an efficient way to protect yourself incase of temporary dis ability for a person of any age. In the event you are dis abled for a short or long period of time, it is important to have named an attorney-in-fact who has the authority to...
On October 18, 2010, Scott M. Wilhelm and Brian A. Roemersma were admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court. As a requirement to be admitted before the highest court in the land, attorneys must be a member of good standing in the state courts and...
Many commercial tenants are under the false impression that if an employee is hurt on the job, due to lack of maintenance or repairs in the building, the landlord will be liable for the resulting injuries. However, in New Jersey, that is not always the case.In McBride...
Mediation is a form of alternate dispute resolution which offers parties a different venue to resolve their differences. In matrimonial cases, parties are free to select a mutually agreed upon Mediator in an effort to resolve all issues regarding their marriage and...
In general, duties of a property owner do not extend to making the sidewalk perfectly level or to remedy trivial defects; a reasonably safe sidewalk condition is all that is necessary. Slight variations in grades, will not, as a matter of law, sustain an action in...
In the United States v. Stricker, the Federal Government filed a lawsuit against Plaintiff's in a class action and the attorneys alleging that medicare's interests were not protected. The lawsuit was filed December 1, 2009 on the eve of a six year statute of...