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John Malchow, Esq.: Dec 2 2025
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Mitchell Horner, Esq.: Aug 12 2025
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Mitchell Horner, Esq.: Jul 29 2025
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Struggling with overwhelming debt but don’t qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy? Chapter 13 bankruptcy may be the solution. At Simon Law Group, our New...
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John Malchow, Esq.: Jun 26 2025
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John Malchow, Esq.: Jun 20 2025
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John Malchow, Esq.: Jun 13 2025
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Mitchell Horner, Esq.: Jun 11 2025
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John Malchow, Esq.: Jun 10 2025
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Kenneth Thyne, Esq.: Dec 3 2024
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Today in a 6-3 decision, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the court that the New York law, which restricted the ability of...
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John Kelleher, Esq.: Nov 12 2020
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Simon Law Group, LLC, is proud to announce that John Kelleher, Esq. has joined the firm, located in Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey.
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Lydia Rich: Jan 11 2017
Noncustodial parents and their obligation to financially help their Adult Child through Graduate School By Gloryanna Diaz
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Governor Christie recently signed into law an act of legislation addressing one of the issues of child support:
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In a recent Ocean County Superior Court case, Judge Stephanie Wauters ruled on the issue of child custody between three people. Included in the...
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The Personnel Files Act allows any individual to view their personnel file. In this particular case the employee was denied access to their personnel...
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It is always best practice to be careful what you put on the Internet. Once something is on the internet, it never goes away. If you wouldn't want...
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Lydia Rich: Nov 2 2015
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Lydia Rich: Oct 29 2015
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Lydia Rich: Sep 28 2015
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Forensic Evidence of Sexual Assault Retained for Five Years
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On July 23, a NJ appeals court ruled that the discrimination claims filed by three former Ernst & Young employees must be sent to arbitration. The...
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Sharp criticism can be expected from both sides to get a decision that does not make either one a winner. However in this case both sides of the bar...
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As with most laws in the United States, Worker’s Compensation laws are constantly changing and subject to change. One recent example can be found in...
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Typically we try to keep you informed of local information, but this one just reeked of abuse that we had to share! If you are in need of legal...
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Again in a stunning decision by the Appellate Division where they actually showed that they can get it right, the judges found that a lawyer is not...
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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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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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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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Sophisticated employer Michaels, currently has a class-action lawsuit which alleges that Michaels violated requirements of the fair credit reporting...
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Restraining orders have long been utilized as a tool in divorce lawyer’s bag of tricks. However, in this commonsense decision, mediation is not...
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It seems like a basic concept. The entire controversy doctrine. Courts should always seek to bring together multiple actions so that the entire issue...
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Working With Your Hands: New Jersey’s Worker’s Compensation Awards For Lost Body Parts By Michael Gorny, Esq.
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Once again ignorant "let the government do everything", "let the government fix all problems", reaction arrests are looking to create law that would...
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This statement by the US Supreme Court leaves us all scratching her head. While we recognize that reasonable accommodations should and must be made...
