Posted in Truck & Bus Accident
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has submitted comments in response to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) advance notice of proposed rulemaking for hours-of-service (HOS) for commercial truck drivers. The rulemaking process was first announced at the end of August 2018, when the FMCSA declared that they would be… Continue reading
Posted in Personal Injury
The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) has reported that seven children have died and twelve more remain infected as a result of an adenovirus outbreak in a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Wanaque. The facility is the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, and first notified the DOH of… Continue reading
Posted in Divorce & Family Law
It’s college application time and parents across the state are praying for the essay fairy to arrive and save them. Having gone through it twice, I am sympathetic to all of those who are now going through what is a rite of indoctrination in parenting. Then, just when you think… Continue reading
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
Courts recognize four trademark categories within which every mark must fall: (1) Generic marks, (2) Descriptive marks, (3) Suggestive marks, and (4) Arbitrary or Fanciful marks.[i] At the far end on the spectrum, warranting the greatest level of trademark protection, stands arbitrary or fanciful marks—those words which offer no inherent… Continue reading
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
A new bill in New Jersey was introduced last week which would amend the 2012 law that established microbreweries in the state and governs their operations and restrictions. This is the first attempt so far to legislatively address the craft brewing industry after a special ruling was issued by the… Continue reading
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which is intended to roll back a controversial 2015 decision that loosened the board’s test for determining whether businesses like franchisors and franchisees are joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
In April 2018, California’s Department of Business Oversight (“DBO”) announced that, beginning in October, it will begin conducting an online questionnaire-based examination of certain investment advisers registered with the DBO. This digital examination will be in addition to the DBO’s onsite examination program. The DBO recently sent registered investment advisers… Continue reading
Posted in Truck & Bus Accident
According to the U.S. federal government statistics, over 4,300 people have been killed in crashes involving tractor-trailers and other large trucks in 2016, which is a 28 percent increase over 2009. Fatal truck crashes are growing at almost three times the rate of deadly crashes overall in the U.S. For years,… Continue reading
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
The U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers announced last week that they have prepared a bill that would establish that a business simply licensing a trademark, such as in the case of a license from a franchisor to a franchisee, would not create a so-called “joint employer” relationship. Joint employment is… Continue reading
Posted in Business & Commercial Law
In recent years, various government branches and departments across the country who are responsible for policing the government’s own trademarks have been sending cease-and-desist letters and filing suit against local businesses that are using trademarks likely to either cause confusion as to the government’s sponsorship of or affiliation with the… Continue reading
