By W. Raymond Felton
rfelton@greenbaumlaw.com
On December 5, 2011 the New Jersey Assembly approved the passage of the New Jersey Trade Secrets Act. Governor Christie signed the bill on January 9, 2012, which made New Jersey the 47th state to adopt some version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The Act largely codifies existing case law in [...]
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Robert S. Goldsmith
rgoldsmith@greenbaumlaw.com
Joanne Vos
jvos@greenbaumlaw.com
Green building is a popular topic in the current construction and real estate markets, but what exactly does it mean to build green? And why is green building an important concept?
One need not watch the Al Gore movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” to know that the built community has had a profound effect [...]
By Raymond M. Brown
rbrown@greenbaumlaw.com
On June 8th hundreds of students and concerned consumers gathered in front of the Hershey Store in Times Square to call on the company to eliminate child labor from its cocoa production supply chain. Eight days later on the same island, the UN Human Rights Council endorsed the “Guiding Principles on Business [...]
by Nicholas P. Grippo
ngrippo@greenbaumlaw.com
On April 27, 2011, the Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion1 held that mandatory arbitration provisions that prohibit classwide arbitration are enforceable. The Court’s holding overturned a California Supreme Court decision that found similar provisions unconscionable and unenforceable. While not an employment law case, the Supreme Court’s decision could have far-reaching [...]
By Nicholas P. Grippo
ngrippo@greenbaumlaw.com
Employers must use caution in taking adverse action against an employee who is a family member, relative, or perhaps even a close friend of another employee who has complained about workplace discrimination. In a recent ruling, in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the [...]
By Raymond M. Brown
rbrown@greenbaumlaw.com
2011 US App Lexis 13934
View the opinion – http://1.usa.gov/pE1M2r
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of human rights due diligence, and the correlative financial performance of multinationals, was made a more nuanced policy consideration by another Court of Appeals decision.
On Friday, July 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]
By Nichoals P. Grippo
ngrippo@greenbaumlaw.com
Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, commonly referred to as “GINA,” took effect on November 21, 2009. GINA prohibits employers from unlawfully discriminating against employees on the basis of genetic information. GINA applies to private employers with 15 or more employees, certain public sector employers, and employment agencies [...]
By Elyse H. Wolff
ewolff@greenbaumlaw.com
In the recent decision in Alexander, et al. v. Seton Hall University, et al., the New Jersey Supreme Court held that each payment of discriminatory wages in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq., constitutes “an actionable wrong” and the two-year statute of limitations applicable to [...]
By Kevin J. Murphy
kmurphy@greenbaumlaw.com
Many employers appreciate the employee who is willing to do some work after hours, responding to email, taking or making phone calls or otherwise engaging in work related communications from a laptop, BlackBerry® or other mobile device. It may be convenient when an employee answers the phone or responds quickly to emails [...]
By Joanne Vos, Esq.
jvos@greenbaumlaw.com
The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services (“DOH”) maintains that if mold is found inside any building, corrective action must be taken immediately to prevent further exposure and property damage. However, the DOH correctly points out that “there are no standards, regulations, or [State] guidelines upon which to base a [...]
