by Ian Singer | Aug 24, 2018 | Workplace
Despite the Federal Controlled Substances Act prohibition of marijuana for any use or purpose, as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, it is the trend among the majority of the states, including New Jersey, to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes. In...
by Ian Singer | Aug 16, 2018 | Workplace
This article originally appeared in the New Jersey Law Journal. In Janus, a 5-4 conservative majority reversed the long-standing right of public sector unions set forth in ‘Abood,’ to collect fair share agency fees from public employees who chose not to...
by Ian Singer | Aug 15, 2018 | Business
On August 1, 2018 in an important decision on the scope of expert opinions, the New Jersey Supreme Court excluded plaintiff’s expert testimony in a mass tort case alleging that the pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann-La Roche’s anti-acne drug Accutane led to development of...
by Ian Singer | Jul 17, 2018 | News and Events
Tim Lyons, a Senior Partner of the firm’s Business Litigation Department, recently secured a $4.8 million judgment for his client in a lengthy, multi-year construction defect case in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The judgment was entered on June 28, 2018 in favor...
by Ian Singer | Jul 16, 2018 | Workplace
What are workplace investigations and what is their purpose? Workplace investigations are an organization’s procedure for determining whether it was more likely or not that a policy was violated. The standard is whether there is corroboration, by a preponderance of...