by Ian Singer | Jan 4, 2023 | Business, Uncategorized, Workplace
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination prohibit harassment and discrimination in employment against enumerated legally protected classes. These protected classes include both...
by Daniel Aguirre | Nov 9, 2022 | Business, News and Events, Real Estate, Tidelands, Uncategorized
The law firm of Davison Eastman Munoz Paone, P.A. was recognized among the Best Law Firms, 2023* by U.S. News & World Report in three (3) of the firm’s practice areas: Litigation – Real Estate Commercial Litigation Real Estate Law “This is an...
by Ian Singer | Aug 17, 2022 | Business, News and Events
In early 2021, two Plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Subway Restaurants, alleging that Subway’s tuna products do not contain tuna, thus committing fraud. After widespread media reports, but before Subway could respond, the Plaintiffs amended their...
by Daniel Aguirre | May 14, 2022 | Business
7-11 and its franchisees are at it again. This time in Massachusetts. On March 24, 2022, in Patel v. 7-Eleven Inc., the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts [1] held that it is possible for a franchisee to be considered an employee of a franchisor. This issue...
by Ian Singer | Dec 20, 2021 | Business
On December 8, 2021 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in a case(1) where 7-Eleven franchisees claimed they were actually employees under Massachusetts law. If the 7-Eleven franchisees were employees, then franchisees would be entitled to...
by Ian Singer | Dec 7, 2021 | Business
James A. Paone, II and his partner Jay McGovern are proud to present New Jersey Ethics, a roundtable discussion for WestEd. The program covered a variety of topics including the workings of the ethic system with practice pointers and an interactive discussion of how...