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New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Trial Attorney Discusses the Role of Women in the EconomyI read a very amusing and very pertinent "commentary" piece by Kathleen J. Wu in the New Jersey Law Journal, September 1, 2014. Being an inveterate nerd from my youngest...
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General maintains civil rights fact sheets designed to help employees and employers understand their rights and responsibilities. The fact sheet discussing sex discrimination under New Jersey law gives several examples of what is...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Trial Attorney Discusses Recent Civil Rights Case First of all, I'm putting out there, as per usual, that I'm a plaintiff's employment and civil rights trial lawyer. When I approach fact patterns, I think about them from the...
Or . . . Are We Still Having This Conversation?"In Middletown, New Jersey, thirteen year old Rachel Pepe - born Brian Pepe - is fighting on the last LGBT Civil Rights front where battle is still necessary.I've mentioned in past blogs that the Civil Rights Movement is...
Hispanic Heritage Month has now begun, and runs from September 15th through October 15th. This month is a time to celebrate the important presence of the Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans in the United States. The significance of the start date (September 15th)...
Governor Chris Christie signed the "Opportunity to Compete Act" into law on August 11, 2014, also known as the "Ban the Box" law. This new law will no longer allow employers to ask applicants to check a box saying whether they have been convicted of a crime. This is a...
Or . . . Everything I need to know about being a lawyer I learned from Nelson Mandela. Of course, I don't really mean that Mandela taught me to be a lawyer, or that his lessons, above those of any others (including my parents, for starters) are the "primary" reasons I...
"Or . . . Are You Really Surprised?"The American cultural zeitgeist has always enjoyed (suffered?) what can only be described as a quixotic relationship with our military. All at once covered in "glory" and at the same time pitied for the poor treatment people who...
Or . . . "It's not really about Flu Shots."A Nurse was fired for refusing a flu vaccine for "secular" reasons. Her employer maintained a policy that allowed employees to refuse the shot on religious grounds, but was silent on whether or not someone felt that they had...
Few would argue that the public school system in Newark, New Jersey, is fine the way it is. Change is clearly needed in the largest public school system in the state. The schools in the town of 277,000 residents regularly rank among the lowest performing in New...
