Business Law Professionals
Lawsuit filed in New Jersey court over gossip-related demotion
Employers have a right to protect their workplaces from the destructive forces of gossip. There is indeed a line between behavior that is relevant to an individual’s employment and behavior that has no place in the office. Employees can easily cross that line when...
Wrongful termination suit filed against credit union
Letting go of an employee can be a stressful experience not only for the employee, but the employer as well. When an employee of a federal credit union recently returned from vacation to discover that she was being fired, she quickly filed a lawsuit claiming that she...
Paramus company pays up in sexual harassment suit
Most people spend a majority of their waking hours in the workplace. It is only natural that friendships form, jokes are shared, and laughs are had. Sometimes, however, workplace antics can get out of hand and turn into a matter of employment litigation.One example...
Landscaping company sued for faulty renovations in New Jersey
Contractors and landscaping companies can face legal action if their work is faulty or causes damage to a customer's home. An example of the legal action homeowners or businesses can take against landscapers can be seen in a recent lawsuit filed by Gloria Gaynor, the...
Developers of American Dream project file suit in Bergen County
Contracts for builders are important in New Jersey because they help to define what is expected of the builder by building's owner. A contract helps to define everyone's responsibility during the project and the remedies if people do not uphold their end of the...
New Jersey banks announce merger
Businesses big and small are almost always looking for new ways to grow into successful companies. While many small businesses may think that mergers and acquisitions are only for large corporations, they should know that this is not always the case. Small business...
New Jersey business sued for copyright infringement
For many businesses, their image and name is everything. Therefore, businesses will go a long way to protect their reputation, name and their copyrights.In a recent case, a New Jersey business was sued by world renowned Yale University for copyright infringement in...
Merger deal between Knight and Getco completed
As reported in a previous blog post, New Jersey's Knight Capital Group has struggled financially since a computer error cost the company $460 million. In December, it was rumored that Knight was looking to be acquired by a larger more financially stable company...
Singer will.i.am may face copyright infringement suit
In the age of the internet, many people in New Jersey may not see anything wrong with downloading a song online and listening to it. What these people may not understand is that the artist has intellectual property rights in that song. Under United States laws,...
New Jersey Assemblyman faces $135,000 breach of contract suit
In essence, contracts are a series of promises between the parties to the contract. Each party promises to give something in return for the other party's performance. When one of the promises between the parties is broken a breach of contract has likely occurred. New...
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