By Amanda O'Brien | January 3, 2024
Christopher Kelly and Lisa Colone are co-chairing a new securities enforcement group at the New Jersey firm.
By Colleen Murphy | December 14, 2023
"I think what employers would really like from the Legislature is more certainty. Not making laws that, to figure out what it means, you have to go to litigation," David A. Rapuano, a partner with Archer & Greiner, said. "To me, and to my clients, it is bad policy to create laws that cannot be figured out unless a court [is involved]."
By Colleen Murphy | December 12, 2023
"When employers unlawfully and callously toss their workers into the 'independent contractor' category they are not only depriving them of a steady paycheck, they are also stripping them of earned sick leave, workers compensation, minimum wage, and more," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "These are national, profitable corporations with deep pockets who are padding their profits with illegal labor schemes, and they seem to have no plans to stop this kind of behavior."
By Charles Toutant | July 17, 2023
"Holding companies who improperly misclassify performers accountable is becoming increasingly necessary," said plaintiffs lawyer Charles J. Kocher.
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By Alexa E. Miller | June 15, 2023
The Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights brings new employment protections to an estimated 130,000 temporary workers in New Jersey at a time when employers are increasingly turning to staffing firms to outsource job functions and fill gaps in their workforce.
By Charles Toutant | May 8, 2023
"[I]t appears from the record that the sanctionable misconduct—failure to comply with discovery obligations, abide by court orders, and appear at conferences—is in part attributable to defendants and in part attributable to Mr. Karounos," the judge wrote.
By ALM Staff | April 7, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
By Colleen Murphy | March 1, 2023
"The legislature, however, did not tether Chapter 212's remedies to the accrual date of an employee's claim," stated Judge Carmen Messano. "It only prohibited an employee from recovering damages for wages due more than six years prior to the 'commencement' of the action, specifically the filing of a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction."
By Charles Toutant | August 3, 2022
A U.S. District Court judge rejected a claim by plaintiffs counsel that the issue of whether the arbitration agreements are enforceable should be resolved after class certification. Case law makes clear that such questions can't be punted until later, the judge said.
By Charles Toutant | June 10, 2022
"The major thing the court found was under the ABC Test, he could grant employee status under summary judgment because the ABC Test is so strict, we don't have to go to trial," plaintiffs lawyer Harold Lichten said.
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