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Auto Insurance PIP Expense Benefits Are Not Reduced by Chosen Deductibles or Co-Payments
May 23, 2023 | Written by: | Share
A New Jersey personal automobile insurance policy must provide Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) benefits pursuant to NJSA 39:6A-1, et seq. Pursuant to the statute, a standard PIP policy...
My Employer is Being Mean to Me…Can I Sue?
May 15, 2023 | Written by: | Share
As an employee in New Jersey, you may be wondering if you have any legal recourse against your employer in certain situations. In New Jersey, you generally cannot sue your employer simply because...
Divorce Lessons Learned in Hindsight
May 9, 2023 | Written by: | Share
Divorce is often the worst time in one’s life. Dealing with a divorce from a spouse, and disagreements with that spouse over money, children, etc., can be particularly emotional, and that is...
Guidance On The Application Of FMLA To Remote Workers
Apr 28, 2023 | Written by: | Share
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued guidance to address questions that have arisen regarding the application of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act...
How Mental Illness And Disability Can Impact Family Law
Apr 10, 2023 | Written by: | Share
Mental illness and disability can play a significant role within a family law case and can affect how the case may/should be handled. These sensitive issues have to be carefully addressed with...
Update on Proposed NJ Home Improvement & Home Elevation Board
Mar 20, 2023 | Written by: | Share
As per my prior blog of March 23, 2022, New Jersey Assemblymen Moriarty and Mukherji introduced Assembly Bill AS2138 on February 7, 2022 to establish a professional licensing and regulatory Board of...
Supreme Court Says Highly Compensated Supervisor Eligible for Overtime
Mar 10, 2023 | Written by: | Share
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employee who earned over $200,000 per year was entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Supreme Court ruled that...
Will I Have to Pay Alimony to My Former Spouse After I Retire?
Mar 6, 2023 | Written by: | Share
In a recent New Jersey Appellate Division decision, the court overturned the lower court’s termination of a 74-year-old’s alimony obligation. This case illustrates the importance of clarity...
Parental Alienation and How it Impacts Divorce Matters
Feb 27, 2023 | Written by: | Share
Parental alienation is a “buzz phrase” in child custody matters. While it is thrown about quite often, there is a dispute among psychologists as to whether it exists, whether it is a psychiatric...
Appellate Division Declines to Extend Mount Laurel Obligations to “Quasi-Public” Utilities
Feb 22, 2023 | Written by: | Share
In a recent decision, JAS Group Enterprises v. PSE&G (App. Div. Feb. 1, 2023), the NJ Appellate Division held that a “quasi-public” utility company is not bound by Mount Laurel obligations and...