Posts by Hanan Isaacs
Frozen Embryos in NJ Divorces: Who Gets to Keep Them?
It’s not the most typically litigated issue in our State, yet the Supreme Court of New Jersey has addressed who should get frozen embryos in a divorce. The Court looked at whether the wife had a right to keep her pre-embryos that had been stored at an in vitro fertilization clinic, and whether the clinics’…
Read MoreSuccessful Workspaces: “What’s Trust Got to Do With It — Got to Do With It?”
A recent article by New York Times Bestsellers’ List authors Stephen M. R. Covey and Douglas R. Conant makes a resounding case for emphasizing trust in employment relationships. They posit a common sense idea that many organizational disputes come down to a lack of trust, saying “most organizational performance issues are actually trust issues in…
Read MoreWhistleblower Protection in New Jersey: What Are Your Rights?
We represent employees who stand up against management, do the right thing, and are punished as a result. We stand by them to get their lives and their finances back together and hold wrongdoing employers accountable for breaking the law. Acting as a whistleblower and reporting illegal acts to upper management or to a government…
Read MoreNo Good Deed Goes Unpunished: May a NJ Divorcing Spouse Sue the Generous In-Laws for Family Support or Equitable Distribution?
Let’s revisit a 2005 divorce action, Idleman vs. Idleman, in which a wife sued her husband’s parents for family support. Doug Idleman was seriously ill, too sick to work. His parents generously supported the couple’s lavish lifestyle for the last two years of the marriage. They paid the mortgage on the parties’ $775,000 home in…
Read MoreU.S. EEOC Select Task Force Releases Important and Timely Study of Workplace Harassment
Earlier this summer, the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace issued its long-anticipated Report, in four-part format and an Executive Summary that we link here for your information and guidance. The Summary provides a superb and convenient overview of the 88-page report. Here are some of the Report’s highlights:…
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