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Underestimating the EEOC Makes Bad Business for N.J. Employers
Disability accommodation, pregnancy discrimination, equal pay and discrimination in the hiring process have been identified as current emerging issues that the EEOC will target under a four-year plan.3rd Circuit Upholds Lawyer's Conviction
The way Queens, N.Y., solo Luis Flores portrayed it to a federal appeals court, his client duped him into believing he was a legitimate businessman, not the ringleader of a drug-money-laundering scheme.Rowe v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. et al
In this products liability, failure-to-warn case, Michigan's interest in applying its law outweighs New Jersey's interest in deterring the manufacture of unsafe products within its borders.Insurer to Pay $20 Million in Bad Faith Case Over Dram Shop Suit
In the largest settlement to date in a Pennsylvania insurance bad faith case, the Princeton Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a claim brought on behalf of a tavern that was hit with a $75 million verdict in a Dram Shop Act suit after the insurer refused to settle the case for the tavern's policy limit of $1 million. The tavern had assigned its rights to pursue the bad faith claim to Joseph Tuski, a former highway worker who was left quadriplegic after he was struck by a drunken driver.Pa. Federal Judge: Discovery Limits Sink Arbitration Clause
An arbitration clause is "subjectively unconscionable," and therefore unenforceable, if it puts a plaintiff at a "distinct disadvantage" by restricting discovery depositions to expert witnesses, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled. The judge refused to compel arbitration in a personal injury suit against an assisted-living center, concluding that to do so would unfairly prohibit the plaintiff from taking depositions of key fact witnesses, denying her a "fair opportunity to present her claims."As Same-Sex Couples Go Legal, Questions Swirl
With New Jersey's Domestic Partnership Act set to take effect Saturday, lawyers are grappling with loose ends, checking for loopholes and flocking to seminars to figure out just what the law does, and does not do. At first glance, the act -- which makes New Jersey the fifth state to recognize some form of same-sex union -- seems simple enough. But while the law creates a status akin to marriage, its benefits fall short, causing a shortage of clear-cut legal answers.Sojourner A. at el v. The New Jersey Department of Human Services et al,
This case is not about a woman's right to choose whether and when to bear children but, rather, about whether the State must subsidize that choice, and plaintiffs' claim that the family-cap provision of The Work First New Jersey Act (WFNJ) violates the equal protection and due process guarantees of the New Jersey Constitution is rejected; the DHS has presented ample justification for providing welfare families with additional Medicaid and food-stamp benefits but not more cash for additional children ? reState AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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