Pushing the Limits of OPRA: Personal Online Privacy for Government Officials
Government Employees and Elected Officials - is your private email activity on Gmail, Hotmail, and the like, safe from the Open Public...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
Cops and Cannabis - Part I
Case update: NJ Police Officers and Cannabis Use In April of 2022, the NJ Attorney General issued a memo stating that police officers...
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Apr 12, 20222 min read
Expect the Unexpected:
Why Hire an Attorney for a Real Estate Closing Blogging from the Office While New Jersey does not require that a buyer or homeowner...
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Apr 5, 20223 min read
When is Final, Final?
AKA When can Major be Minor? New Jersey governmental employers are keenly aware of the difference between what the laws say is minor...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read
You will arbitrate your employment claim, and you will like it!
What can you do? This week the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a reported decision finding that the plaintiff in the case, Gilbert...
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Jan 18, 20222 min read
NJ Pension Law: What you don't know can certainly hurt you.
Seasoned practitioners of labor and employment law in New Jersey's governmental sector know that the big ticket item in the settlement of...
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Jun 8, 20211 min read
Jonathan Cohen Honored by LERA
The Labor Employment Relations Association has honored Plosia Cohen LLC Managing Partner Jonathan F. Cohen with the prestigious 2020 LERA...
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Dec 26, 20183 min read
NJ Earned Sick Leave Act: Unintended Consequences
When Gov. Murphy signed into law the Earned Sick Leave Act on May 2, 2018, N.J.S.A. 34:11D-1 to -11, New Jersey joined nine other states...
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Mar 26, 20182 min read
If it quacks like a settlement agreement
I was pleased this afternoon to receive the New Jersey District Court's decision granting the Motion to Dismiss that our firm filed on...
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Jul 24, 20173 min read
Media v. Police - Part Deux (Internal Affairs)
When police officers are being investigated due to civilian complaints or for misconduct, an Internal Affairs ("IA") investigation is...
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Jun 11, 20172 min read
When is police discipline, well...discipline?
In the world of labor law, written and verbal reprimands have always held a murky place in the disciplinary scale. On the one hand, no...
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Jan 26, 20173 min read
OPRA & Common Sense Redactions
Common sense dictates that a person can be identified through their initials, particularly when that person is a member of a discrete...
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Nov 3, 20162 min read
Franchisees: Playing the Joint Employer Card
If you haven't been paying attention, the employment and labor law landscape has been rocked over the last several years by the renewed...
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Oct 20, 20162 min read
(Over)Time is Not Fungible
In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Smiley et al. v. E.J. DuPont De Nemours and Co. (Oct. 7, 2016),...
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Sep 15, 20162 min read
NJ Local Retirees "Off the Grid"
Few developments in New Jersey public sector labor law created more widespread confusion among administrators (and consternation among...
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Jul 31, 20162 min read
Don't Wait: Mediate
On Friday, July 29, 2016, I had the privilege of speaking at Princeton University as part of the New Jersey Association of Professional...
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Jul 7, 20162 min read
Cops at Off-Duty Jobs: Sitting Ducks?
The unfortunate events which have dominated the headlines over the last few days highlight the growing divisions in our country between...
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Jun 20, 20161 min read
Disability Retirees: Different Rules Apply for NJ Public Sector Mandated Health Contributions
In a published decision released on June 21, 2016, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division held that New Jersey's Chapter 78...
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May 25, 20162 min read
Does New Jersey's Fight for $15 mean you'll be ordering fast food from kiosks?
New Jersey is the latest state to seriously consider legislation that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The bill passed...
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Apr 19, 20162 min read
Police: The Next Generation
On April 19th, I had the privilege to appear at a guest speaker at a Criminal Justice class at St. Elizabeth College for Chatham, New...
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