New Jersey’s War on Independent Contractors: Criminal and Civil Penalties for Independent Contractor Misclassification Signed into Law
Legislation targeting independent contractors has been signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. Although sold as legislation addressing “wage theft”- simplefailure [...]
This Litigation is Bananas
This Costume is Bananas: Third Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman wrestles with validity of copyright for full-body banana costumes. An interlocutory [...]
Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions
Prime beach reading has been posted on SSRN. The potential for self-dealing for attorneys representing plaintiff classes is a persistent [...]
Proposed Rule Making from the Department of Labor
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Recent Hearing at U.S. Senate Judiciary on Arbitration Highlights Benefits of Streamlined Dispute Resolution
Dovetailing with current trends at the state level, Senate Democrats have recently introduced legislation that would reform arbitration. The bill, [...]
Independent Contractor Links
Ninth Circuit Court applying the ABC Test Opinion Letter from the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of [...]
Orientale vs. Jennnings
Orientale vs. Jennnings The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Orientale v. Jennings on April 24, 2019 – a case [...]
Arbitration
NJCJI Filed Complaint 8-30-19Download Arbitration of Legal Malpractice Claims - by Shalom StoneDownload Testimony of Victor Schwartz on "Arbitration in [...]
NJCJI’s Spring Luncheon
Appellate Advocacy and the Role of Amici at the New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Anne Patterson Registration is now open [...]
Wage & Hour Coalition
Wage Hour Fairness Coalition Letter
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