Advocates for NJ and PA
Workers & Their Families
Bear with me. I know what the title of the blog says, but I want to make a point first.A long time ago, in Ancient Greece, one man was standing next to another when the second man said something that the first man considered blasphemous - against the gods. Because the...
"Or... Oh yeah, the internet."I find myself a bit conflicted about New Jersey's Internet Harassment Law, L 2013, c.272.On the one hand, as a civil rights attorney, I want to see hatred, bigotry and passive-aggressive abuse curbed (and as a parent, I want to freeze...
Let's pretend that your daughter, all of 22 years old, has just graduated College. She's got a Business Degree, but in the 21st century economy, she's finding the job market tough. She finds, and accepts, a position as a "volunteer intern" with a company where she...
Sometime ago, I blogged in support of the Bill which sought to ban "Gay-Conversion" Therapy in New Jersey. I discussed the fact that such "therapy" is not true "therapy." True therapy is a medicinal modality. True medicinal modalities must be predicated upon science,...
Costello & Mains partner Kevin M. Costello, who focuses his state wide trial practice in Employment and Civil Rights, announced, on behalf of the Costello & Mains Firm, unconditional support for the recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court effectively,...
JOURNEY TO JUSTICESeptember 15, 2013"New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Attorney Discusses Whistle Blower's Studies.""Or . . . It's Hard to do the Right Thing."There's been a good deal of talk about whistle-blowing lately, given the Snowden coverage. Edward J....
July 31, 2013"New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Attorney Discusses Supreme Court's Decision in Gay Marriage Rulings and DOMA.""Or . . . It's the 21st Century, Folks."I've been blogging on and off about the issue of equal marriage rights for years. As an...
"New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Attorney Discusses Supreme Court's Decision on Voting Rights.""Or . . . Votes only for the Rich?"The United States Supreme Court recently dealt a crippling, and probably fatal, blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, by striking...
Defining the concept of a "Religion" isn't always easy. Very often, it's a subjective exercise, very much in the eye of the beholder. As a Civil Rights Attorney, one of the types of cases we handle involves protecting faithful workers and students from bias based...
I find myself returning to common themes in these Blogs over the years. One of those themes is definitely the erosion of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, an erosion sponsored by, engineered by and supported by corporate vested interests and corporate money. The...
