Advocates for NJ and PA
Workers & Their Families
A mother of a murdered son, the daughter of a murdered father, had to stand before a congregation and thank them for their support. The son, Reat Underwood, was a high school freshman, 14. Also murdered was Teresa Lamanno. These people were killed on April 14th by...
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...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill agree that the wage gap between the average salary paid to men and the average salary paid to women for the same work still exists. Like many political debates, that is where the agreement seems to end. Exactly how large that gap is and how...
"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...
When New Jersey’s Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was passed into law, it included very strict guidelines for eligibility. In fact, this past year there were only 1,670 people statewide that were registered under the program. Legislators likely thought about...
Or... "Corporations Don't Have Faith."I've blogged more than once on the incredible cynicism of the United Stated Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2001). That atrocious decision created the logically, legally...
Anita Hill was involved in a sexual harassment case that not only drew national attention but helped drastically increase awareness about workplace harassment. Hill had taken the bold step in 1991 to testify in a Senate Judiciary Committee about the sexual harassment...
Or..."Court darns hole in SOX"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX, for short) is a federal statute that, ironically, New Jersey employment practitioners don't often use or run across. Here's why.The Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection Act is a federal statute, which means...
Minimum wage is one of the current events topics across the nation. Some states have proposed or already enacted measures that would increase the minimum wage in certain industries or jurisdictions. This debate recently came to the state of New Jersey. Earlier this...
The English language is not as easily understood as some people may think. The grammatical rules that give sentences meaning are detailed and complicated. The choice of a word or the placement of a comma can change the meaning of a sentence entirely.Take the common...
