By Jeffrey D. Pollack | February 22, 2019
Necessary elements of a Hostile Work Environment claim include that the complained-of conduct is directed at the person because of the person's protected trait and that such conduct is severe or pervasive (under federal and state law) or results in the person being “treated less well” because of the protected trait (under city law).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By M. Scott Gemberling | February 22, 2019
If we accept as true the proposition that 98 percent of civil cases settle, it would seem to make perfect sense for any one of the attorneys retained by any of the parties outlined above to ask themselves if this claim is the 2 percent case that will ultimately have to be decided by a jury in a small town in central Pennsylvania.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert “R.J.” O'Hara | February 21, 2019
Alcohol is not a product that is regulated, marketed or sold like any other product. As counsel and U.S. Supreme Court justices in the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Clayton Byrd case point out, it is not milk, asphalt, books or paint. It is regarded as “particularly dangerous,” and as a result it is closely regulated.
By PJ Stapleton III, Matthew Laver and Katherine Rymal | February 20, 2019
After decades of Pennsylvania's restrictive liquor laws limiting innovation, in 2016, broad changes to the Liquor Code were enacted under legislation known as Act 39 and Act 85 of 2016.
By The Legal Intelligencer | February 19, 2019
In the Legal's Wealth Management, Trusts and Estates supplement, read about estate planning challenges for business owners, when to use a revocable living trust and how to transfer assets to a disabled beneficiary.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By New Jersey Law Journal | February 19, 2019
Our annual special section from Gerald H. Baker, covering developments in PIP benefits, UM/UIM coverage and the verbal threshold.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Gerald H. Baker | February 18, 2019
A list of verbal threshold cases, organized by type.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Gerald H. Baker | February 18, 2019
A series of precedential cases addresses the use of opinions of non-testifying experts.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Gerald H. Baker | February 18, 2019
A review of this year's cases: two dealing with UM/UIM benefits, one addressing PIP benefits, and three cases relevant to “automobile injuries” (pedestrian crossings, deployment of airbags, and correlation between property damage and personal injuries).
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Gerald H. Baker | February 18, 2019
A profile of the main author of this special section.
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