The EEO-1 is a form required to be filed by most employers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission annually. This form reports the demographic breakdown of a company’s workforce, such as race, ethnicity, sex, and job category. This allows the…

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on several protected classes (like race, sex, and religion). Courts had previously held that the impact to the employee claiming discrimination had to be a “significant…

As I’ve mentioned previously, judge shortages in NJ Superior Courts plus COVID delays have created significant backlogs in cases.  In seven NJ counties (Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, and Passaic) the judge shortages were so severe that the court…

On Tuesday, I was honored to speak to a joint meeting of the Reitman Employment Inn of Court and the Garibaldi ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Inn of Court. Inns of Court are statewide groups with members from the bar (lawyers)…

Fee shifting is permitted when a statute or contractual provision provides for the loser of a lawsuit to pay the winner’s legal costs. Generally in the United States, we follow the “American Rule” where each party in a lawsuit pays…

ChatGPT is all the rage these days. Ask it a question and it gives you an answer. But use it at your own risk, as some New York attorneys recently discovered.

If you are unfamiliar, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence…

In 2013, the NJ Supreme Court ruled in Willingboro Mall, LTD. v. 240/242 Franklin Avenue, L.L.C. that in order for an agreement coming out of mediation to be enforceable by the courts, it must be in writing and signed…