by Daniel Aguirre | Mar 19, 2019 | Business
On Monday, March 18, 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law PL2019 Ch 39 prohibiting certain wavier and nondisclosure provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements. The law prohibits the waiver of any “substantive or procedural right or remedy relating...
by Daniel Aguirre | Mar 4, 2019 | Workplace
On February 4, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy successfully implemented one of his campaign promises by signing a bill that will increase the minimum wages of approximately one million hourly workers in New Jersey. At the time of the signing, the current minimum...
by Daniel Aguirre | Dec 11, 2018 | Workplace
There have been a plethora of cases nationwide surrounding the use of marijuana in an employment context. The caselaw is inconsistent and does not provide clear guidance for all possible workplace scenarios. As stated in an earlier blog post, in the New Jersey case...
by Daniel Aguirre | Oct 31, 2018 | Business
On October 17, 2018 the Appellate Division decided Flanzman v. Jenny Craig. With its opinion in Flanzman the Appellate Division has continued the recent trend in New Jersey Courts of invalidating arbitration agreements. The Plaintiff had been employed by Jenney Craig...
by Daniel Aguirre | Oct 17, 2018 | Business
In 2015 our New Jersey Supreme Court created a new path for business disputes and commercial litigation. The Complex Business Litigation Program (CBLP) was instituted throughout the trial division of the court system. The CBLP required each county to appoint a...