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Middle East Conflict Will Lead To Defamation Claims
THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT’S RIPPLE EFFECTS WILL RESULT IN A SPIKE OF DEFAMATION AND RELATED CLAIMS LOCALLY Dark memories of the heinous atrocities of the holocaust are flared by the monstrous events of October 7th in Israel. Worldwide demonstrations against the...
Who’s burden is it?
Who's burden is it? Under federal law in the Third Circuit, if a party to civil litigation moves to quash a third-party subpoena, it is the moving party’s burden to demonstrate that the subpoena is burdensome and unreasonable. In Re Lazaridis, 865 F. Supp 2d 521 (D.NJ...
Let’s explore three present-day firebrand defamation cases involving public figures. Johnny Depp v. Amber
More than ever, these days it seems that high-profile defamation cases are knocking loudly at the doors of courthouses worldwide. The ensuing spectacles riveting us to our TV screens are driven by well-known public figures who decided to bare it all on the record: the...
NEW EU PRIVACY BILL SERVES AS A MODEL FOR US LEGISLATORS
NEW EU PRIVACY BILL SERVES AS A MODEL FOR US LEGISLATORS The growth of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") is creating issues and challenges never dreamed of twenty years ago. Governments, employers, private security firms, and pretty much everyone else with sufficient...
New Rules for Office Reopening
New Jersey COVID Executive Order 243 - New Rules for Office Reopening and Remote Work in new Jersey. Governor Murphy just issued Executive Order 243. It significantly lessens the restrictions on New Jersey employers previously implemented through Executive Order 107...
Contract drafting is much like a game of chess.
In closely owned corporations or limited liability companies, it is imperative that the parties think through from the beginning of their relationship. Parties should provide in their shareholders' agreement, or in their operating agreement what will happen if...
New Jersey Courts Will Remain Closed Update
New Jersey Courts will remain closed to most in-person proceedings through June 2021. At that time the matter will be reevaluated. In New York, Judges and court staff have been ordered to return to courthouses in late May. The Superior Court of New Jersey website...
COVID-19 AND COMMERCIAL LEASES – LANDLORD AND TENANT RIGHTS – By Robert S. Popescu, Esq.
The pandemic has changed our world in many ways. Commercial tenancies are not immune from its effects and both commercial landlords and commercial tenants are now wrestling with its consequences. In the COVID era, perhaps more than ever before affected commercial...
The US Department of Justice and the FB both announced that there are individuals and businesses who are criminally exploiting the pandemic…
Moments of crisis bring the best in so many people but also the worst in others. For all the good that our health workers, good samaritans, kind neighbors, caring employers, understanding teachers and so many others bring to the table during this pandemic, there is...
CORONA TRIGGERED LEGISLATIVE MASSIVE RELIEF FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IS AROUND THE CORNER
CORONA TRIGGERED LEGISLATIVE MASSIVE RELIEF FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IS AROUND THE CORNER The consequences of the Corona virus outbreak are severe, immediate as well as far-reaching. Predictably, the pandemic is affecting every aspect of our lives. Workers and...