Investors’ Life Insurance ‘Gamble’ Busts out in NJ Courts
9/19/19
By: Justin Boron
To take out insurance, you almost always need an “an insurable interest” in the risk being insured, such as a financial interest in a home or a car. It’s what prevents strangers to the risk from betting …
NJ Appellate Division Finds Trial Court Had No Jurisdiction in Fee Dispute Between Firm and Client In Successful Legal Malpractice Action Against Client’s Previous Attorney
9/11/19
By: Erin Lamb
A three-judge panel of the New Jersey appellate division has ruled that a trial judge, having presided over a successful legal malpractice trial, had no jurisdiction to award fees in a dispute between a law firm and …
Revisiting the Applicability of the Entire Controversy Doctrine to Legal Malpractice Claims
4/2/19
By: Nicole Graham
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently revisited the applicability of the entire controversy doctrine as it relates to legal malpractice claims. In Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C., 2019 N.J. LEXIS 272, …
Phony Fakes Fall (Allegedly)
2/15/19
By: Kevin Stone
The fictional Mike Moffitt famously called Jerry Seinfeld a phony. The reasons remain unknown. A non-fictional New Jersey man, however, appears to be a bona fide phony. Surveillance video of a company breakroom appears to capture the …
“Sanctuary Cities” Get a Reprieve For Now
1/10/19
By: Pamela Everett
As many city, county and state attorneys are aware, in 2017 the US. Department of Justice (DOJ) added three conditions to the application process for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (“Byrne JAG”) program in an …
Arbitration Agreements in New Jersey Need More Details
11/16/18
By: Chris Curci
On November 13, 2018, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, issued an important decision holding that an arbitration agreement between the employer and employee was not enforceable. Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., Docket No. …
Coffee, Water, Less Than 20 Minutes
6/19/18
SCOTUS KICKS THE CAN ON SHORT BREAKS COMPENSATION
By: John McAvoy
On June 11, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to entertain the appeal of a Pennsylvania employer that could have resolved the emerging split of authority between the federal …
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Insured’s Claim for Coverage for $10.7 Million Loss Under Computer Fraud Policy
6/18/18
By: Bill Buechner
The Eleventh Circuit recently held that an insured could not recover $10.7 million in losses under a computer fraud policy covering losses “resulting directly from” the use of a computer to fraudulently cause a transfer of funds.…
Guns in Workplace: Primer for Employers in PA & NJ
4/12/18
By: John P. McAvoy
Presently and tentatively, Pennsylvania and New Jersey do not have guns-at-work laws. There are, however, gun laws in place in both states that similarly impede an employer’s ability to control the workplace; namely, the states’ right-to-carry …
Say Goodbye to Arbitration; Say Goodbye to Confidentiality?
12/20/17
By: Christopher M. Curci
On December 4, 2017, New Jersey state Senator Loretta Weinberg introduced Senate Bill S-3581. The bill aims to (1) eliminate arbitration provisions in employment agreements related to discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims, and (2) eliminate confidentiality …
Another Super Bowl in New Jersey? Unlikely!
12/19/17
By: Joshua G. Ferguson
A Third Circuit panel issued an opinion last week in an NFL fan’s class action alleging the National Football League violated New Jersey’s consumer fraud law by failing to make enough 2014 Super Bowl tickets available …
New Jersey Imposes Another Posting Requirement on Employers
10/5/12
By: Brad Adler
In addition to a record keeping requirement notice, a family leave insurance notice and others, New Jersey employers now will be required to post and distribute to employees a notice of their right to work in an …