Effective immediately, all New Jersey employers are required to treat pregnancy as a protected characteristic under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), as well as to provide reasonable accommodations when a pregnant employee requests an accommodation based upon advice of her physician, unless it would cause an undue hardship to the employer. The purpose…
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How to Prepare For and Respond To A Cyber Attack: Have A Disaster Recovery Plan
Insider threats, hackers and cyber criminals are all after your data, and despite your best precautions, they may breach your systems. How should small and medium sized businesses prepare for a cyber incident or data breach? Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, are more sophisticated, and can have devastating consequences. It is not enough for…
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The NIST Issues a Draft of the Long-anticipated Cybersecurity Framework
The drafting of the Framework was fueled by former Head of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano’s warning that a “cyber 9/11 could happen imminently.” In recent years cyberattacks on this country’s financial industry and resource infrastructure, as well as on private banks and companies, have dramatically increased in frequency and severity. The National Institute of Standards…
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The Enforceability of Duplicate Contracts
The Original vs. The Copy – Does It Really Matter From An Evidentiary Perspective? While there are many hurdles a business document needs to overcome in order to be admitted as evidence in court, there is one hurdle that many clients routinely inquire about – the legality and admissibility of digital image copies, in lieu…
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