The New Jersey Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case of Green v. Morgan Properties, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (A-323-10), to decide whether a lease provision in which tenants are charged a flat legal fee constitutes illegal fee splitting...
Major players in the gift card business (companies who supply cards to retailers and administer them) either have or will be pulling out of the gift card business in the State of New Jersey. New changes in the New Jersey unclaimed property law allows the state to...
By: Linda B. Maalouf, Esq. One area that may confuse employers relates to whether an intern must be paid wages in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Generally speaking, employers must pay at least the minimum wage and overtime to their interns under...
By: Jennifer L. Toth, Esq. Starting this week, as a result of the health care reform law, $40 million in Medicaid funds will be distributed to 30 different hospitals and 40 practices that have upgraded from paper files to electronic record systems. The purpose of the...
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...