Following a two-day trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, a Newark jury found in favor of a physician and his medical practice accused of age discrimination. The physician, who specializes in endocrinology and internal medicine, was accused of engaging...
By: Kristin Spallanzani On June 4, 2018, the United States Supreme Court, in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a custom wedding cake ordered by a same-sex couple. The Court’s 7-2 decision vacated...
By: Kristin Spallanzani On May 2, 2018, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy signed the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act, which allows New Jersey’s private and public workers to accrue and use up to forty hours of paid sick leave per year. This new law...
By: Kristin Spallanzani On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phillip D. Murphy signed P.L. 2018, c.104, known as the Pay Equity Law. The new law introduces a series of changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), including making it illegal to offer lower...
The August 2017 edition of New Jersey Business quotes Walsh’s Caitlin Cascino in an article focusing on the legal implications of interview etiquette and best practices in today’s job market. The article, titled “Interview Protocol: To Ask or Not to Ask? That is the Question,”...
By: Caitlin P. Cascino In a decision announced July 26, 2016, an intermediate appellate court in New Jersey issued a decision upholding a public university’s ability to make disciplinary decisions based the exercise of the institution’s academic freedom without having that decision reviewed and potentially reversed...