New Jersey Civil Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses Briana Aguirre, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and EbolaOr... If They Can't Get This Right, Imagine How Much Medical Malpractice Actually Takes Place That Isn't Addressed.I know everyone's terrified of Ebola, and with...
New Jersey Employment Law Blog
Unpaid Internships And The Law
Businesses are always on the lookout for ways to save a buck. Thriftiness can quickly yield to labor law violations when employers decide to take advantage of workers. One way this happens in certain industries is to designate someone an unpaid intern and then treat...
Drowsy Driving And Non-Commercial Drivers
For many years, the research into fatigued driving focused largely on long-haul truck drivers. While the trucking industry is certainly one group impacted by drowsy driving, the problem extends far wider. Americans get nearly an hour less sleep per night than they did...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Attorney Discusses a Lawyer’s Oath
When lawyers are admitted to practice in New Jersey, we swear an oath to uphold and defend the New Jersey Constitution and the laws of the State of New Jersey, as well as the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the United States. We become bound by the Rules of...
Women in the Economy: A New Take on Planet of the Apes
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...
Understanding Sex Discrimination In New Jersey
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...
An Erosion of the Right to a Jury Trial: Lesende v. Borrero v. City of Newark
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...
Road Rage In New Jersey
While some people consider road rage and aggressive driving to be the same thing, true incidents of road rage are criminal offenses, not traffic offenses. Aggressive driving could be considered a precursor to road rage, but it is definitely a milder form of bad...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Lawyer Discusses Rush Limbaugh’s Recent Comment “No Means Yes.”
Seriously, Rush? Really?I mean, I realize you're intellectually dishonest, unjustifiably arrogant, of weak character, a hypocrite, a liar, a racist, far stupider than you think you are, but are you really this stupid?When, exactly, does "no mean yes?" what is that,...
Drivers Not Independent Contractors According To Court
Designating a worker as an independent contractor, rather than an employee, can save a company a substantial amount of money. The Department of Labor has increased efforts to punish companies who use this designation improperly. The Internal Revenue Service, too, has...



