A new federal rule that will benefit construction workers confined to small spaces. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the rule, which will hopefully protect...
FDA Cracks Down On Medtronic Drug Pumps
May 07, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has told Medtronic, a manufacturer of medical devices, that it must stop producing its implantable drug pumps. The reason for the FDA’s action is that the numerous problems...
Medical records are increasingly being stored in electronic form for ease of physical storage and efficiency. This technological innovation, however, has led to numerous errors in electronic records that are becoming...
Parents Argue Over Rock Music
May 01, 2015
It is often the case that divorcing or already divorced parents going through a custody battle have contentious arguments about issues involving their children. In the recent unpublished New Jersey trial court opinion...
Survivor Benefits in Pension After Divorce
Apr 27, 2015
In the recent unpublished Appellate Division case of Ackad v. Gobrial, the parties disputed the equitable division of Defendant’s pension. Though they agreed to split Defendant’s pension, their only...
Pfizer Hiding Drug Risks
Apr 27, 2015
FiercePharma.com has recently reported on allegations that Pfizer has been hiding risks associated with the antidepressant Zoloft. In the first legal case to go to trial regarding this issue, lawyers for the...
FDA Investigates Workout Supplement
Apr 27, 2015
In a day and age when more and more individuals are worried about their health and their weight, an increasing number of people turn to supplements to help reach their goals. It is important, however, to exercise care...
Reasons Not to Hide Assets in a Divorce
Apr 23, 2015
When a couple divorces, it is crucial that each party discloses all of their assets in order for them to receive an equitable property division. In the recent unpublished New Jersey Appellate Division case of Zuba...
Fertility Agreements
Apr 23, 2015
The Daily News recently reported on actress Sofia Vergara’s current legal battle with ex-fiancé, Nick Loeb, over frozen embryos remaining from their in vitro fertilization treatments. Loeb filed a lawsuit...
A local New Jersey radio station reported on its website that two members of the New Jersey Assembly recently introduced a new domestic violence bill that is currently making its way through the...
A court may enter a default judgment under Rule 4:43-1 when one party fails to participate in court proceedings. In the recent unpublished New Jersey Appellate Division case of Eichenbaum v. Eichenbaum,...
Oral Agreements to Modify Child Custody
Apr 16, 2015
In child support or child custody matters, it is often the case that the parties, even after having their dispute decided by a court, agree to new terms through some type of oral agreement. In some...
In the recent unpublished New Jersey Appellate Division case of Gonia v. Tchistiakova, the court addressed a case involving child support and a party’s obligation to pay that support. The parties were parents to...
Service of Process Allowed Through Facebook in NY
Apr 08, 2015
As technology changes and improves, there may be many implications for the legal field. Up until now, the legal field has already seen technology change how lawyers operate with the advent of computers, cell phones, and...
Cases involving children, specifically child custody or child support cases, can often be contentious. The contentious nature of these proceedings is exacerbated when one parent has a restraining...
Parenting Disputes Over Autistic Child
Apr 03, 2015
Divorce and child custody disputes often involve heated debate. These issues are exacerbated when the parties’ child has special needs. In the recent unpublished case of Rooney v. Wall, the court was...
A California woman was recently successful in her medical malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente. Specifically, a jury awarded her $28.2 million. The woman, named Anna Rahm, was 16 when she began...
How Can Paternity Be Challenged
Apr 01, 2015
In cases where parties are not married, there are often issues of paternity when one parent seeks custody or child support from the other. In the recent unpublished Appellate Division case of Reed v. Pettiford, the...
Surrogacy has long been a controversial option for parents who wish to have a child when other avenues haven’t worked. As technology has improved, couples have also turned to gestational surrogacy—the situation...
TMZ.com recently reported that actor Darius McCrary, most well known for his role on “Family Matters,” was arrested and briefly jailed for neglecting to pay his child support. A Michigan judge told McCrary that...
