In a recent decision, New Jersey v. Saavedra, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed an indictment of Defendant for official misconduct and unlawful taking of public documents from the North Bergen Board of Education (“the Board’). By way of background, …
The Appellate Court ruled for the first time in NJ that it was a violation of the Americans with
Disabilities Act to order an employee to undergo a psychological fitness for duty examination
without objective credible evidence that an exam …
In a decision sure to reverberate around the State, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court reversed an arbitrator’s scant 120-day suspension of a teacher who used District- provided technology to send and receive nude photographs and engage in conduct toward…
Volunteers Are Not Protected by CEPA
The Plaintiff, a volunteer firefighter, appealed the Court’s decision granting summary judgment dismissing his claims against the Colts Neck Volunteer Fire Co.. Plaintiff claimed that he had a valid cause of action under the…
In
Hedden v. Kean University, et al., a recent published decision of the Appellate Division, the Court held that an e-mail from the University’s head women’s basketball coach to the University’s general counsel was protected from disclosure by the…
On January 21, 2014, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) which provides additional protections for pregnant women. The law adds a stipulation not typically found in pregnancy discrimination…
In Ewa Fik-Rymarkiewicz vs. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, et al., a recent unpublished decision of the Appellate Division, the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice due to plaintiff’s continuous failure to supply information…
Richard Flaum, a partner in the firm, has settled a federal lawsuit
he brought on behalf of the parents of a 6th grade boy with a severe peanut allergy
that was filed in response to a school district’s refusal…
In Ellis v. Ethicon, a New Jersey Federal District Court Judge ruled on September 21, 2010 that Ethicon was required to reinstate Plaintiff to her position from which she was removed several years earlier. Following a trial in which the…
In a decision that may have wide ranging impact on New Jersey employment practice the U.S. Supreme Court adopted the “cat’s paw” theory of liability under the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), a statute designed to protect…
