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More Than $390 Million in Penalties for Recordkeeping Failures

By The Securities Compliance Team & Ronald Minsky on August 20th, 2024

Posted in Investment Management & Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against 26 broker-dealers, investment advisers, and dually-registered firms for widespread and longstanding failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted to the violations, agreed to pay combined civil penalties of $392.75 million, and have begun implementing improved compliance policies and… Continue reading →

Workplace Liability When a Third Party is Negligent

By Richard Belli on August 15th, 2024

Posted in Workers' Compensation

When an individual suffers a work-related injury in the State of New Jersey, their employer (if the employer is self-insured), or the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier is legally obligated to provide three basic workers’ compensation benefits. These benefits include: reasonable and necessary medical treatment for the work-related injury; monetary… Continue reading →

New Reserve Law in New Jersey – Community Association Compliance Required

By The Community Associations Team, Mary W. Barrett, Edward Berman, A. Christopher Florio, Andrew Podolski, John Randy Sawyer & Melissa Volet on August 14th, 2024

Posted in Community Associations

We are now halfway through 2024 and we want to again remind our New Jersey community association clients to check their reserve study status to ensure compliance with the January 8, 2024 law relating to reserve studies and reserve funding. Who must comply? All New Jersey community associations are required… Continue reading →

Don’t Close Your Eyes: Blink Fitness May Disappear in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

By Thomas S. Onder on August 14th, 2024

Posted in Bankruptcy & Creditor's Rights

Affordable gym operator Blink Holdings aka Blink Fitness, an Equinox-owned chain with more than 100 locations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday in the District of Delaware, docket 24-11686 (JKS). At its first day hearing on Tuesday, the gym operator advised that it intended to sell all its… Continue reading →

What Are the Different Kinds of Workers’ Compensation Settlements in New Jersey?

By Vicki W. Beyer on August 9th, 2024

Posted in Workers' Compensation

In New Jersey, your workers’ compensation claim can be settled in one of two ways: an Order Approving Settlement or an Order Approving Settlement With Dismissal. Continue reading →

Guardianship for a Special Needs Child

By Paul W. Norris on August 7th, 2024

Posted in Probate Litigation

As an attorney and a father of two special needs children, I uniquely understand the necessity of becoming a legal guardian for my children as soon as they reach eighteen years of age. Many individuals, however, may not understand the importance and necessity of completing this process. While your child… Continue reading →

Seizure Prophylaxis in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Summary

By Bruce H. Stern on August 5th, 2024

Posted in Brain Injury News

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, often leading to posttraumatic seizures (PTS) which can exacerbate brain damage, increase hospital stays, and worsen functional outcomes. Early PTS, occurring within the first 7 days post-injury, differ biologically from late PTS and are a focus of… Continue reading →

New Jersey’s Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at CMS’s Special Focus Facilities

By James Evans on July 15th, 2024

Posted in Elder Issues, Nursing Home

In April of 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their list of Special Focus Facilities. Special Focus Facilities (SFFs) are “nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues and are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.” These SFFs… Continue reading →

Alarming Cases of Elder Abuse in New Jersey Long-Term Care Facilities

By James Evans on July 11th, 2024

Posted in Elder Issues, Nursing Home

Three employees of two separate New Jersey long-term care facilities were indicted this past month, highlighting grave concerns over resident safety and care standards in such facilities throughout the state. Per the June 14 press release from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Joseph Robles, 23, of Tuckerton,… Continue reading →

Counsel Fees in a Guardianship Action

By Paul W. Norris on June 26th, 2024

Posted in Probate Litigation

In most civil actions in the State of New Jersey, parties are responsible for the payment of their own counsel fees subject to limited exceptions. In the context of a guardianship action, however, the party who commences the guardianship action may be entitled to the payment of their counsel fees… Continue reading →

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Recent Blog Posts

More Than $390 Million in Penalties for Recordkeeping Failures

Workplace Liability When a Third Party is Negligent

New Reserve Law in New Jersey – Community Association Compliance Required

Don’t Close Your Eyes: Blink Fitness May Disappear in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

What Are the Different Kinds of Workers’ Compensation Settlements in New Jersey?

Guardianship for a Special Needs Child

Seizure Prophylaxis in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Summary

New Jersey’s Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at CMS’s Special Focus Facilities

Alarming Cases of Elder Abuse in New Jersey Long-Term Care Facilities

Counsel Fees in a Guardianship Action

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