Insurance Awareness: Every Company Needs to Know What It Is Insured For
Business insurance is an integral part of any game plan for a company’s success. It helps to limit financial liabilities such as lengthy and costly litigations, and also provides avenues for recovery in the event of an unforeseen property loss. However, business...
Veterans Diversion Program
Recently, the New Jersey Legislature created a Statewide Veterans Diversion Program which solely empowers the County Prosecutors Office to divert an eligible "servicemember” charged with certain crimes from traditional means of prosecution into rehabilitative...
Arbitration May Be Required in Auto Service Contracts or Extended Warranty Agreements
Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Court has upheld as valid an arbitration provision in an automobile service contract case which emanated from Burlington County, New Jersey. It involved a purchaser of a used Ford F-250, with a separate service contract from a...
Supreme Court Decides Individualized Arbitration Enforceable
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided Epic System Corporation v. Lewis and two other companion cases Ernst & Young LLP, et al. v. Morris, et al. and National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. et. al. holding that contracts between an...
Twelve DEMLP Attorneys Selected to 2018 Super Lawyers Lists
The firm is pleased to announce that eleven of its lawyers have been named to the 2018 New Jersey Super Lawyers list and two were named to the 2018 New Jersey Rising Stars list. The attorneys selected include: Robert S. Bonney, a partner at the firm whose primary area...
The Dangers of Unconscious Bias
On May 29th, 2018 coffee giant Starbucks will close 8,000 stores for the afternoon in order train about 175,000 employees on bias. This was the aftermath of a recent incident in Philadelphia in which 2 African American males were waiting for a friend in Starbucks....
Checking On Charities Before You Give
Worried that your elderly mother is giving a lot of her money away to charity? Worried she won’t listen to you about these donations? Maybe your approach could involve the following: Have Mom check to see if the organization where she is sending money is tax exempt....
United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Sports Betting
In an opinion released today, a 6 to 3 majority of the United States Supreme Court held that the federal law banning sports betting in individual states is unconstitutional. In the case of Philp Murphy, Governor of New Jersey et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic...
When performing the contract isn’t enough: lessons in the doctrine of good faith and fair dealing
Under ordinary contract law, all the parties’ obligations to each other will exist within the four corners of the agreement, pursuant to their “freedom to contract.” However, implied in every contract is a duty of good faith and fair dealing, both in the performance...
Living wills: Your personal exit strategy
According to recent news, 104-year-old Australian scientist, David Goodall, will end his life through euthanasia on May 10. The 104-year-old is flying from Australia, where euthanasia is illegal, to Switzerland to accomplish his wishes. Botanist and ecologist David...
New Jersey’s New Paid Sick Leave law- how does it affect your small business?
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a very comprehensive Paid Sick Leave bill into law on May 2, 2018. It will take effect 180 days from its signing which will be in October 2018. This new law is extremely pro-employee and will make it one of the most expansive...
Planning for your special needs child in New Jersey
On April 27th, the Asbury Park Press and the Star Ledger both published articles reporting that New Jersey has the highest rate of autism in the country. More and more New Jersey parents have the difficult task of marshaling resources and navigating the bureaucracy...
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