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What is Commercial Litigation?
I am a commercial litigator and occasionally I’m asked, what does commercial litigation mean? In its simplest form: disputes over contracts. Here’s a case we handled recently at Maselli Warren, P.C....
55 Years Later… What you, the employer, can do today about workplace discrimination.
The law of the land has, for 55 years, prohibited employers from discriminating in the workplace because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information....
Special Needs Trusts
Individuals with disabilities frequently rely on government programs to provide basics such as food, clothing and shelter, as well as various services and supports. Most of these government programs...
The Division of Developmental Disability and the NJ-CAT
The Division of Developmental Disability’s (“DDD”) mission is to assure the opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to receive quality services and supports, participate...
Guardianship and your Child with Special Needs
When an individual in New Jersey or Pennsylvania turns 18, he has reached the age of majority and his parents can no longer make decisions legally on his behalf. This applies to all young adults,...
When a Lawyer Does Not Do What a Lawyer is Supposed To Do
Lawsuits for legal malpractice are all about what the lawyer was supposed to do. For a client to successfully sue his or her former attorney for legal malpractice, the client must first...
Does the Lawyer Represent You?
Usually attorneys know their clients and their clients know their attorneys. But not always. In a recent New Jersey appellate court decision (Greening v. Levine), the appellate court grappled with...
How To Start a Lawsuit
In ancient cultures, disputes over money were often resolved by the sword. In modern societies, disputes over money that the parties cannot resolve among themselves are resolved in courts that...
The Discovery Stage – Gathering the Evidence
The Discovery stage of lawsuit begins after each party has filed court papers making allegations, imposing denials and asserting defenses. In the Discovery stage, each contestant is entitled...
Mediation – Resolution Without Trial
In the New Jersey state court system, the court will require the parties to participate in Mediation at some point after the lawsuit is filed and answered, but before the end of the Discovery stage....