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As published in Forbes.com By Erik Sherman Andy Berns, who represents both companies and independent contractors, is quoted in a December 29 Forbes article titled “Trump Labor Department Pushes Quick-Boiling Independent Contractor Rule that the White House Has Left on Simmer” regarding how workers can be classified as independent contractors or employees, and […]

As seen in the New Jersey Law Journal, December 22, 2020 By Charles Toutant  The revisions of the state’s directives on use of force by policy were widely hailed by lawyers familiar with the proposal, but implementing the proposal amid the entrenched culture of police is widely seen as challenging. Business […]

Published by Law360, November 10, 2020 By Bill Wichert The New Jersey Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on an ethics panel’s opinion that attorneys could pay to influence internet search results in order to display their firm websites when competing lawyers’ names are searched, saying the maneuver could disadvantage the competitors. During a […]

As published by Courthouse News, November 10, 2020 By Emilee Larkin The Advisory Committee of Professional Ethics took up the inquiry last year to determine if such advertising practices violate the Rules of Professional Conduct by potentially misleading or deceiving consumers looking for an attorney. For example, an advertiser could […]