Archive: 2021
If Someone Harms Your Pet, Can You Collect Damages for Emotional Distress?
Apr 28, 2021 | Written by: | Share
For many, pets are extensions of our families. They are like children, and the love they provide is unconditional. So, what happens when your beloved pet is injured or killed by another animal or...
Injured Workers to be Reimbursed for Medical Marijuana by Employers and Workers’ Compensation Carriers
Apr 28, 2021 | Written by: | Share
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled in Hager v. M&K Construction that employers and workers’ compensation carriers are now required to reimburse injured employees for medical marijuana...
Court Mandates Auto Dealers to Provide Insurance for Loaner Car Drivers
Apr 28, 2021 | Written by: | Share
A recent NJ Supreme Court decision mandated that NJ auto dealerships must provide customers and permissive users of dealership loaner cars with liability insurance of at least $100,000.00 per person...
For Inherited NJ Real Estate, Don’t Forget the L-9
Apr 21, 2021 | Written by: | Share
Since the State of New Jersey has eliminated the New Jersey estate tax, the amount of resident decedent’s estates that need to file returns has been significantly reduced. The New Jersey...
Can I Switch to a New Lawyer in the Middle of My Family Law Case?
Apr 14, 2021 | Written by: | Share
Switching attorneys in the midst of a family law case is absolutely acceptable and is not uncommon, but there are certain formalities to which parties should adhere and a methodology that should make...
Estate Planning for the Modern Family
Apr 13, 2021 | Written by: | Share
Estate planning, like everything else affecting our lives, has evolved over time. The concept of the unlimited marital deduction (whereby a surviving spouse pays no death taxes on assets inherited...
Can an Employer be Liable for Rescinding a Verbal Employment Offer?
Apr 12, 2021 | Written by: | Share
When employment is promised orally for months and then the offer is rescinded, can the employer be liable for damages even though a contract was never signed?
How to Identify Unlawful Pay Disparities
Apr 12, 2021 | Written by: | Share
The federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires equal pay for equivalent work. Employers cannot pay different wages or benefits on the basis of gender for “equal work on jobs the performance of which...
How Technology Has Impacted Divorce and Family Law
Mar 31, 2021 | Written by: | Share
When I first started working as a lawyer, the internet did not exist. There was no email, cell phones or text messaging. There was no social media. There was no video conferencing, no Zoom, no...
What To Do If You Are Sued
Mar 26, 2021 | Written by: | Share
If you have been served with a Summons and Complaint, either by mail or by a process server, you are being sued. Being sued can be a stressful experience. However, if you are aware of the steps to...