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New Jersey Supreme Court “Plants the Seeds” for Increase in “Garden Variety” Emotional Distress Jury Awards

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/12/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey employers were dealt an “emotional” blow when the New Jersey Supreme Court, in Cuevas v. Wentworth Group, affirmed a trial court’s denial of an employer’s request for remittitur of the...more

Terminated: A Marriage’s End Should Not Lead to Employment’s End

Lewitt Hackman on 7/14/2016

Last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad (MRS) that an employer cannot terminate an employee for separating or divorcing – the processes of which apparently falls under the...more

NJ Appellate Court Offers New Guidance on Employee Arbitration Agreements

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/18/2015

Earlier this month, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that employee arbitration agreements, to be enforceable, must contain a “clear and unmistakable” waiver of an employee’s right to a trial in court. In Milloul v....more

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New Jersey Supreme Court “Plants the Seeds” for Increase in “Garden Variety” Emotional Distress Jury Awards

Terminated: A Marriage’s End Should Not Lead to Employment’s End

NJ Appellate Court Offers New Guidance on Employee Arbitration Agreements

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