December 2008

Business Litigation Client Alert

New Jersey Appellate Division Issues Opinions Concerning Personal Liability of Corporate Officers; Is Your Product Safe?  Better Have Proof For Trial...

Trusts and Estates Client Alert

2009 Brings Major Change in Federal Estate Tax Law

Labor and Employment Client Alert

Employers and Employees Threatened By Proposed Employee "Free Choice" Act

October 2008

Labor and Employment Client Alert

Department of Homeland Security Issues Final Supplemental "No Match" Rule; Covenants Not to Compete Crash And Burn; In New Jersey, A $15,000 Jury Award Can Still Support an Attorneys Fee Claim More Than Ten Time That Amount; Resign on Your Own Dime:  Appellate Division Affirms Department of Labor Denial of Unemployment Benefits to Employees Who Quit; and Unions, Rats, And Free Speech In New Jersey

New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure - 2008

Special Considerations in Cases Involving Foreign Parties

September 2008

Labor and Employment Client Alert

New Developments Remind Employers of Emerging Obligations; New Court Decisions Makes Effective Anti-harassment Policy and Training an Absolute Must; Americans with Disabilities Act Undergoes Significant

August 2008

Labor and Employment Client Alert

New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Standard For Religious Discrimination Claims; New York Enacts "Broadcast Employees Freedom To Work Act"; New York Enacts The New York State Worker Adjustment And Retraining Notification Act; Bressler Defeats Wrongful Discharge Claim After Six Day Jury Trial

July 2008

American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Securities Litigation Journal, Summer 2008

Review of Arbitration Awards: Is the “Manifest Disregard of the Law” Standard Still Viable?

June 2008

Labor and Employment Client Alert

New Jersey Jury Awards Fired Employee $10.7M for Age Discrimination; New Jersey Supreme Court Explains Narrow Scope of Individual Liability Under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination; and New York High Court Issues Wage and Hour Decision Favorable to Employers on the Issue of Commissions Calculation.

May 2008

Labor and Employment Client Alert

New Jersey District Court Holds That Mandatory Alcohol Screening of Alcoholic Employees Is Not Discriminatory; New York Enacts New Law to Protect Social Security Numbers; President Signs Bill Outlawing Genetic Testing Bias; The Employer's Fiduciary Obligation Under ERISA; and Fines for I-9 Violations Raised Effective March 27, 2008.