New Law Significantly Limits Viability of Certain Shareholder Derivative Suits in New Jersey On April 2nd, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed bill A-3123 into law and in doing so, significantly revised the law in New Jersey regarding shareholder derivative proceedings under N.J.S.A. §14A:3-6, etseq. The stated purpose of the new law is to temper…
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Employment Hiring Practices: Simple Mistakes, Costly To Fix
The consequences of failing to develop employment-hiring materials can be devastating. So why do many employers fail to develop a basic set of documents governing the employment relationship with new hires? Howard Matalon notes that although employment documents can be developed in a very cost-effective manner, many employers fail to give consideration to such documents…
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What are your rights as a photographer?
In this age of social media and ubiquitous photography, what are your rights as a photographer? What privacy laws do you need to be concerned with? OlenderFeldman LLP was interviewed by Dave Johnson of Techhive.com about the rights and obligations of photographers, especially concerning privacy: First, the good news: Most people, most of the time, can…
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Protecting Against Employee Lawsuits
What is the best way to protect against employee lawsuits? We recently received an inquiry about the best ways for businesses to protect against employee lawsuits. We’ve found that most employee lawsuits occur due to low morale, unaddressed personality conflicts, disparate productivity between employees and/or failure to give effective performance reviews. Of course, it is…
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