Posts by Hanan Isaacs
New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying Law, 7 Years in the Making, Has its One Year Birthday
Allowing terminally ill Americans to choose the time and place of their death is slowly becoming more accepted in the US and that acceptance is officially law in New Jersey. The Medical Aid in Dying law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in late April and goes into effect August 1. New Jersey is the…
Read MoreFirst Amendment Meets NJ Prevention of Domestic Violence Act: Society Won But Defendant Did Not
Underlying Facts EH vs. KH is an unpublished 2020 Appellate Division opinion in which this office represented Edward (not his real name), the husband, against Erlina (not her real name), the wife. This was Edward’s appeal from the trial court’s entry of a Final Restraining Order against him, in which the trial court found Edward…
Read MoreParental Alienation in NJ: It is as Damaging as Cult Tactics or a Child Being Forced From a Parent
Parental alienation is any act of a parent desperate to keep a child to him or herself. This can include lying to the child, emotional blackmail, and manipulation. Such a parent will risk a judge seeing through these acts and granting custody to the other parent, hoping the child will reject the other parent and…
Read MoreLawsuit Can Be Filed Because of Withdrawn Job Offer, NJ Supreme Court Rules
The NJ Supreme Court says a plaintiff could sue because he relied on a withdrawn job offer. If you quit one job to get another, perhaps even arranging a move closer to this new job, and the offer is then withdrawn, you may have a valid basis to file a lawsuit to recover your losses.…
Read MoreYour NJ Employer May Have a Much Tougher Time Stopping You from Working for a Competitor Post-Termination
There are many bills proposed in the New Jersey legislature every year. Very few become law, but if Assembly Bill No. 1650 makes that journey, non-compete agreements between employers and employees would be more employee-friendly.It would strongly limit New Jersey employers’ ability to stop you from working for a competing business or starting your own.…
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