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NJ Laws on Whistleblower and Employee Protection Act
By Steven Keppler, Esq. Federal and New Jersey law protect employees from retaliation by employers for going public with violations of the law....
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NJ DUI Update: Failure to Provide BAC
The complete understanding of this case is necessary in order to evaluate whether the Appellate Division's decision was correct or not. Here an...
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NJ Civil Lawsuit against Porche for light colored dashes???
Sometimes there are law suits and sometimes there are ridiculous law suits. Here, we have the latter. Everybody knows that the lighter colors reflect...
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Employment Law: Job Applicant Credit Checks Law Suit
Sophisticated employer Michaels, currently has a class-action lawsuit which alleges that Michaels violated requirements of the fair credit reporting...
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Court Bars Abuse Victim from Post Divorce Mediation
Restraining orders have long been utilized as a tool in divorce lawyer’s bag of tricks. However, in this commonsense decision, mediation is not...