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New Jersey lottery winner sues state for breach of contract
A Rockaway woman has filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey claiming breach of contract in an attempt to secure a $1.58 million tax refund that she says the state is unfairly keeping from her.The tax was originally assessed on $14.9 million the woman won in...
Supreme Court says Wal-Mart sex bias class-action lawsuit cannot proceed
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sex discrimination lawsuit brought by several women on behalf of 1.5 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart could not proceed as a class action. The decision to dismiss the class-action lawsuit was...
Businesses can be held liable for bad behavior of employees
A company that grows beyond fifteen employees must make sure that their sexual harassment policies are in line with federal employment law. Employers must craft anti-harassment policies and make sure all employees understand what sexual harassment is and that it is...
Groupon now in competition with Foursquare
An interesting article written by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry for Business Insider discusses some of the ways Groupon is using new business ventures to compete with other similar companies. In particular, Groupon has begun to allow customers to redeem coupons with store...
DOJ antitrust regulators looking into bids for patents by Apple and Google
A recent business move by both Apple and Google toward purchasing a great deal of technology patents has alerted the attention of the Department of Justice. According to a recent article in the International Business Times by James Lee Phillips, the U.S. Department of...
Borders gets bankruptcy extension to reorganize business
The bookstore chain giant, Borders Group Inc, is currently working on reorganizing the company while protected by Chapter 11 bankruptcy status. On Thursday, the company appealed to a bankruptcy judge to be given more time to put together a plan for exiting bankruptcy....
eBay and PayPal sue Google over Google Wallet
Google recently announced the launch of its new business venture, Google Wallet. Last week, PayPal and eBay sued Google over Google Wallet, saying that the service was developed by former PayPal and eBay employees who had illegally shared trade secrets and...
University in New Jersey sues Oracle for breach of contract
Once again, the technology and software company Oracle is being sued for breach of contract. In a previous post, the lawsuit was filed against Oracle by a New Jersey technology company. But last week, Montclair State University filed a complaint against Oracle for not...
Two major New Jersey health care providers merge
A merger between Newton Memorial Hospital and one of the largest New Jersey not-for-profit hospital systems was recently approved. Like many New Jersey mergers, this health care merger is expected to result in improved customer service and increased cost efficiency....
Google pushing forward with robot car business venture
Google is quickly moving forward on its robot car business venture. The company says the car is still in its testing phase, but it is already working on legislation in at least one state in order to test more cars.As reported in previous posts on the blog, Google is...
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