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Company Settles Discrimination Claim on Basis of National Origin
When the U.S. has been attacked by persons belonging to another nation, some people irrationally transfer the animus they feel towards the attackers to people of similar nationalities and origins. While no one in New Jersey will forget Sept. 11, employers are bound to respect anti-discrimination laws that preclude unfair treatment on the basis of…
Read MoreDifficult Surrogacy Case Divides New Jersey Supreme Court
For some New Jersey couples who are unable to conceive, surrogacy is the solution. But while the process can bring unbridled joy to parents’ lives, it can also place children, intended parents, donors and gestational mothers in a troublesome legal thicket. The New Jersey Supreme Court did little to sort out this exceptionally tangled and…
Read MoreNew Jersey employers could be barred from applicants’ accounts
When New Jersey residents apply for a job, they have the right to be free from discrimination in the hiring process. State and federal laws preclude employers from using factors such as a person’s race, national origin, age or gender to determine whether to hire the applicant. A New Jersey bill making its way through…
Read MoreNew Jersey Has Lowest Percentage of Divorced Adults, Says Census
According to the Census Bureau, 9 percent of adults in New Jersey are divorced. This represents the lowest figure of any state in the country. What is responsible for this statistic? According to a number of experts, the answer lies in the state’s demographic composition. Studies have shown that more marriages tend to last where…
Read MoreVictims of racial harassment prevail on partial summary judgment
On our New Jersey blog, we have mentioned briefly motions for summary judgment in the context of employment discrimination cases. To elaborate further, a motion for summary judgment is a procedural move in a lawsuit that basically asserts that the case can be concluded before it goes to the jury because the facts are so…
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