Major NLRB Decision Finds Scholarship College Football Players Are Employees

Readers should be aware of a potential landmark decision from the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in which the NLRB found that the Division I football players receiving scholarships at Northwestern University are employees of the university under the Natio...

Fiduciaries Must Account, or Else…

When someone serves as an executor, trustee, guardian or agent under a Power of Attorney, they are known as a fiduciary.  By law, all fiduciaries must account for their actions.  Over the years, this duty has often been ignored.  However, there is an increasing trend in litigation to...

Estate Planning for Your Business: The Buy/Sell Agreement

A Buy/Sell Agreement is the legal cornerstone for the successful transition of a closely held business.  A formal Buy/Sell Agreement creates a market for each owner’s interest in a business in the event of his death, disability or retirement.  In the absence of such an agreement the d...

Capehart Scatchard Bowls for the Kids

Mt. Laurel, NJ - -  Employees of Capehart Scatchard recently participated in the First Annual Kids’ Chance of New Jersey Bowling Event.  The event was held to raise money for Kids’ Chance, a non-profit organization, created to provide educational opportunities and scholarships for the...

OPRA Applies to Requests for Bid Specifications

By: Kelly E. Adler, Esq. In Bozzi v. City of Atlantic City, 2014 N.J. Super. LEXIS 6, decided on January 7, 2014, the Appellate Division addressed three important issues:  (1) whether an actual written OPRA request is necessary for the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) to apply;  (2)...

Capehart Rallies to Support Church in Need

The winter of 2013-14 has been brutal and relentless, replete with driving winds, frozen streets, and massive, soot-laden snowbanks. Those who have just endured it know one thing all too well: the elements can be unforgiving. Most, however, take for granted the reassuring warmth of th...

High Blood Pressure and Temporary Vision Problems Are ADA Disabilities

The ADA Amendments Act has substantially broadened coverage under the law.  An example comes in Gogos v. AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc., 737 F.3d 1170 (7th Cir. 2013).  Mr. Gogos worked as a pipe welder and had been taking medication to reduce his elevated blood pressure for the past ei...
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