The Civil Rights Department has just released the new required notice for California’s Victim-of-Violence Leave (AB 2499) that took effect on January 1, 2025. It layers fresh obligations onto employers, especially those with 25…
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/ Civil Rights, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
New Jersey has increased its so-called "mansion tax" and shifted the party who must pay the fee from the buyer to the seller. The tax has a substantial impact on owners of New Jersey real estate, but despite its expansive reach,…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Too often, litigants (and sometimes attorneys) treat prenuptial agreements as documents that either don’t have to be followed and/or should be attacked as a matter of course to try to get the party who entitlements are limited…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) generally requires contracting officials to identify and evaluate organizational conflicts of Interest (OCIs) as early as possible in a procurement. The FAR also requires the procuring…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued an important opinion providing clear guidance for companies seeking to do business with the state of New Jersey, that in public works projects, bid documents must be in full…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Government Contracting
For now, litigation finance funders can exhale. A proposed tax on profits — initially 40.8%, later revised to 31.8% — has been stripped from the Senate’s sweeping tax and spending bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” …
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/ Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking, Taxation
On the final day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public schools must accommodate parents’ religious objections to certain instructional materials — in this case, LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks used in elementary…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Last week the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (“WHD”) made a significant announcement concerning the available damages in administrative proceedings. In a field assistance bulletin it published…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
Employers are increasingly using Automated Decision Systems (“ADS”) – tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms – to streamline recruitment and manage the employee lifecycle. Uses so far include resume…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 30, 2025 the next bench trial phase or “mini-trial” commences in NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL., VS. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET AL., Docket No. 19-cv-14766 (RMB/JBC) before the…
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/ Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for terrorism-related…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
The Trump Administration, through the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has revealed the next set of revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) sections as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO): FAR Parts 18, 39,…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
New Jersey recently released draft privacy regulations, and there is a lot to unpack and process.
In this three-part series, I will break down the regulations -
Part 1: The New Personal data:
• Scraping is carved out…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
What has become known as the “Sad Beige Lawsuit” ended on May 28, 2025, when influencer Sydney Nicole Gifford (“Gifford”) voluntarily dismissed all claims against fellow influencer Alyssa Sheil (“Sheil”) with prejudice. The suit…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
The Attorney Generals of California, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Oregon and Vermont wrote a letter June 23, 2025 to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, objecting to a proposed AI…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
