1/28/21
By: Sean Riley
In Del. River Joint Toll Bridge Comm’n v. Sec’y Pa. Dep’t of Labor & Indus., No. 20-1898, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 895, at *2 (3d Cir. Jan. 12, 2021) the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently …
1/28/21
By: Sean Riley
In Del. River Joint Toll Bridge Comm’n v. Sec’y Pa. Dep’t of Labor & Indus., No. 20-1898, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 895, at *2 (3d Cir. Jan. 12, 2021) the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently …
New Jersey Courts Implement Plan For Virtual Civil Jury Trials During COVID-19 Pandemic
1/11/21
By: Daniel Baylson
The New Jersey court system has finally rolled out its plan for virtual civil jury trials during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On January 7, 2021, the NJ Supreme Court authorized a two-phase approach to implementing virtual civil …
9/24/20
By: Ashley Hobson
New Jersey Courts have long recognized an “ongoing snow-storm” rule. The rule relieves commercial landowners from liability when an injury occurs on their property while there is an active weather event such as snow or sleet. The …
A Temporary Reprieve for New Jersey Employers: Delay and Changes to the Amended New Jersey WARN Act
7/21/20
Six months ago, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to pass a law obligating employers to provide severance to employees affected by a mass layoff. …
New Jersey and COVID-19: What Businesses Need To Know About Reopening Plans
7/13/20
By: Ashley Hobson
New Jersey has been one of the most proactive and reactive states amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the publication of this Blog, the State has only entered into the second stage of its reopening, which still …
New Jersey’s Continued Push to Expand its Data Breach and Privacy Laws
7/1/20
By: Zachary Danner
Following in the steps of California and other states considering consumer privacy legislation, New Jersey’s legislators have recently introduced a number of bills that would establish specific notification requirements for the collection and use of personally identifiable …
Massachusetts Enacts Legislation Authorizing Virtual Notarization During COVID-19 State of Emergency
4/30/20
On April 27, 2020, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Providing for Virtual Notarization to Address Challenges Related to COVID-19 (the “Virtual Notarization Act” or the “Act”). In doing so, Massachusetts joins a number of other …
3/31/20
By: Erin Lamb and Ben Dunlap
FMG reported extensively after New Jersey began debating a bill that would force insurers to cover Business Interruption losses arising from COVID-19. The New Jersey bill would require courts to ignore virus and bacteria …
3/16/20
By: Erin Lamb and Marc Shrake
Both New Jersey and New York have taken steps toward attempting to force coverage of business losses related to COVID-19. In New Jersey, Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald and Assemblyman Roy Reiman have introduced …
New Jersey Moving Toward Adopting Privacy Legislation like the GDPR and CCPA
3/5/20
By: Justin Boron
New Jersey legislators are pushing forward on new data privacy legislation with disclosure and consent requirements that are akin to—and in some instances more burdensome than—the California Consumer Privacy Act.
The CCPA—which took effect in January this …
Pay History is out for New Jersey Employers, Mostly…
2/10/20
By: Justin Boron
As of 2020, New Jersey employers, in general, may no longer ask applicants past salary information. If they do, it constitutes an unlawful employment practice. See N.J. Stat. § 34:6B-20. New Jersey joins more than a dozen …
Litigation Funding – The Struggle to Peek Behind the Curtain
10/17/19
By: Joshua Ferguson
Continuing a nationwide trend, this past month the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey rejected a discovery request into the plaintiff’s litigation funding arrangements. Re: Valsartan N-Nitrosodimethylamine Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2875, No. 19-2875, …