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by Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. In Somerville Board of Education v. Manville Board of Education, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently ruled that separate school districts in which the divorced parents of a student reside share in the responsibility for funding a student's free a...

The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that on March 1, 2001, the House approved H.R. 333, the "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2001" by a vote of 306-108. The final vote came after several hours of predictably impassioned debate and consideration of six...

The American Bankruptcy Institute reported the House on February 28, 2001 overwhelmingly passed legislation (H.R. 256) to extend chapter 12 bankruptcy protection to farmers an additional 11 months beyond its expiration on July 1, 2000. Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) introduced the bill sep...

In a recent New Jersey Appellate Division decision, Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communications, Inc., the court held that a former employee may have a whistleblower cause of action when her employer fired her based upon her refusal to sign a noncompete agreement that did not protect any...

by Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. In a controversial decision, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights expanded school district exposure to liability for student-on-student harassment. L.W. v. Toms River Regional Schools Board of Education, (OAL Dkt. No.: CRT 8535-01)....

As expected, President Clinton vetoed the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000 (H.R. 2415) on December 19th. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported the President asserted that the bill was too hard on ordinary debtors who fall on hard times, while permitting wealthy debtors a loophole th...

by Bruce L. Harrison, Esq. INTRODUCTION In litigation in which we defend employers from claims of employment discrimination and/or wrongful termination, we commonly find that the employee/plaintiff has stolen documents from the Company. Presumably, the motivation for this miscond...

Article The Medicare Secondary Payer Statute by Robert T. Lewis, Esq. Printer-friendly version (PDF) I. Background A workers’ compensation settlement, with a waiver of future medical benefits, is negotiated between the parties and then placed before the presiding Judge of Compen...

Newsletter Workers’ Compensation Newsletter September 2001 Does The Bond Rule Remain The Standard In New Jersey For Allocation Of Responsibility In Multiple Exposure Cases? By John H. Geaney , Esq. In one of the most important decisions in many years, the Appellate Division in L...

Newsletter Workers’ Compensation Newsletter September 2001 Does The Bond Rule Remain The Standard In New Jersey For Allocation Of Responsibility In Multiple Exposure Cases? By John H. Geaney , Esq. In one of the most important decisions in many years, the Appellate Division in L...