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Include a Buy-Sell Agreement and Restrictive Covenant as a Key Part of Your Shareholder Agreement

HNW June 27, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law, Shareholder Rights Litigation

Shareholder agreements should be essential to every small corporation’s structure. These agreements outline many aspects of corporate government including ownership and voting rights, control …

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Employment LawShareholder Rights Litigation

Can an Employer Regulate Your Private Life and Your Free Speech?

HNW May 24, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Many employees do not realize that employers in New Jersey have the right to regulate and prohibit personal lifestyle choices after work and during …

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Employment Law

The Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty Protects Minority Shareholders in NJ Corporations

HNW May 24, 2022 Business and Corporate Legal Services, Business Law, Shareholder Rights Litigation

New Jersey is home to numerous “closely-held” corporations.  A closely held corporation is one that consists of a small number of shareholders or owners. …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

You Can’t Compete Against Your Employer While Still Working for Them

HNW May 23, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Recently, I read about a lawsuit brought against a high-level management employee and officer of a corporation who secretly started a competing business against …

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Business LitigationEmployment Law

Understanding the Role of an Arbitrator Under NJ Arbitration Law

HNW May 17, 2022 Business Law

Under Rule 1:40-2(a)(1), arbitration is “[a] process by which each party or its counsel presents its case to a neutral third party, who then …

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Arbitration Hearings and Disputes

An Employment Contract Is Essential to Your Rights as an Employee In New Jersey

HNW March 28, 2022 Business Law, Contract Law, Employment Law

Many employees throughout the state of New Jersey have signed employment contracts but are unaware of what exactly their employment contracts say. When they …

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Contract LawEmployment Law

Shareholder Agreements

HNW March 25, 2022 Shareholder Rights Litigation

I have written many times about the importance of having a written shareholder agreement.  I encourage you to freshen up your understanding about shareholder …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

An Employment Agreement Mandating Arbitration and Limiting Damage Claims by an Employee Can Be Enforced in NJ

HNW March 18, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

A recent Federal court decision in New Jersey upheld a provision in an arbitration agreement that subjected an employee to the imposition of attorney’s …

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Employment Law

New Jersey Law Protects Employees From Demotions Based on Discrimination

HNW March 18, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

New Jersey has specific laws in place that prevent discrimination by employers against employees. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination applies to many discrimination …

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Employment Law

Different Types of Ownership in NJ Corporations

HNW March 18, 2022 Business Law, Shareholder Rights Litigation

New Jersey corporations generate funding and cash flow by offering prospective shareholders an investment opportunity with the corporation. There are different ways in which …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

An Employment Contract Lawyer Simplifies Employment Contract Issues to Avoid Conficts

HNW March 14, 2022 Business Law, Contract Law, Employment Law

Understanding NJ contract law is an important function of an Employment Dispute attorney. What is an Employment Contract Dispute  An employment contract dispute is …

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Contract LawEmployment Law

Do I Have to Confirm That a Former Employee Worked for Me?

HNW March 4, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Recently, one of our corporate clients received a question about one of their former employees and whether this person had worked for our client.  …

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Employment Law

Terminating a Tenured Versus Non-Tenured Employee Working at a Public or Charter School

HNW March 2, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Tenure for teachers in our public education system has always been a controversial topic except for teachers who generally support the concept.  Tenure prevents …

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Employment Law

Oppressed Minority Shareholders in Closely-Held Corporation Have Rights Under NJ

HNW February 18, 2022 Business and Corporate Legal Services, Business Law, Shareholder Rights Litigation

I’ve written a lot about closely held companies and the rights of minority shareholders.  Closely held corporations are generally businesses that have a small …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

How an Employee Handbook Can Protect an Employer from Liability

HNW February 15, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Employers and employees often look upon the Employer-Employee Handbook as an employment agreement.  Given that NJ employment laws generally presume at-will employment relationships, many …

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Employment Law

Supreme Court Aids Older Workers Alleging Discrimination

HNW February 15, 2022 Business and Corporate Legal Services, Business Law, Elder Law, Employment Law

Justices place the burden of proof on employers In 2008, I wrote the Supreme Court had further enhanced the ability of older workers to …

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Employment Law

Piercing the Corporate Veil and Holding Corporate Officers Personally Liable

HNW January 31, 2022 Business and Corporate Legal Services

In NJ, Courts will disregard protection for officers, shareholders and directors and hold these individuals legally and personally liable for damages if they use …

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Business and Corporate Legal Services

You Can’t Sue Me in NJ for Breach of Contract if I Have No Contacts in NJ

HNW January 25, 2022 Contract Law

To Sue in NJ, the Other Side Must Have Contact with NJ. To enable NJ court to exercise specific jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant, …

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Contract Law

Is Raiding a Competitor’s Employee(s) Actionable in NJ

HNW January 23, 2022 Business Law, Employment Law

Can you recruit that co-worker or former co-worker or key employee of a competitor in New Jersey without the risk of being sued?  The …

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Employment Law

Why Do Some Shareholders Feel the Need to Oppress Their Minority Stakeholders?

HNW December 27, 2021 Shareholder Rights Litigation

Controlling shareholders are in a position to abuse their power over minority shareholders by reducing or eliminating one or more economic benefits of ownership …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

Shareholder Oppression:  It’s Always a Risk

HNW December 19, 2021 Shareholder Rights Litigation

A wielding of power by any person or group who controls a corporation may serve to destroy a stockholder’s vital interests and expectations. As …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

Shareholder Oppression Under New Jersey Law

HNW December 10, 2021 Shareholder Rights Litigation

Let’s discuss legal remedies for oppressive conduct against members of closely-held New Jersey companies. The shareholder oppression doctrine is a statutory and case law …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

Who Can Form a New Jersey Limited Liability Company and What Must Be Included in Its Certificate of Formation?

HNW December 3, 2021 Business Law

Like many other states, New Jersey has adopted the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. To form an LLC under N.J.S.A. § 42:2C-18, New …

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Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s)

Have I Been Oppressed by the Majority Shareholders?

HNW September 23, 2021 Shareholder Rights Litigation

Minority shareholders in small, closely held corporations (under 25 shareholders) can be frozen out of discussions regarding the company’s future by the majority shareholders, …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

Piercing the Corporate Veil – When Could It Happen?

HNW September 17, 2021 Business and Corporate Legal Services, Business Law

Normally, as an owner or shareholder of a corporation, LLC, or partnership, you are not personally liable for the actions for the entity.  The …

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Business and Corporate Legal Services

Income Derived from Personal Businesses Must Be Counted for Eligibility for Benefits

HNW July 9, 2021 Business Law, Medicaid Eligibility and Asset Protection Planning

When applying for welfare through a county’s Board of Social Services, whether it’s Medicaid or SNAP benefits, you are required to provide to the …

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Medicaid Eligibility and Asset Protection Planning

Is There a Legal Remedy to a Minority Shareholder Without a Finding of Shareholder Oppression?

HNW July 1, 2021 Shareholder Rights Litigation

I’ve written extensively about minority shareholder oppression. Sometimes there is abusive and unfair conduct by a co-shareholder(s) that do(es) not legally qualify as shareholder …

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Shareholder Rights Litigation

Seven Ways You Can Legally Terminate an LLC in New Jersey

HNW June 25, 2021 Business Law

Like a corporation, a limited liability company (LLC) can be terminated either voluntarily or involuntarily with or without the assistance of the courts.  When …

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Business and Corporate Legal ServicesLimited Liability Companies (LLC’s)

How Can Trademark Rights Protect and Strengthen My Brand?

HNW June 17, 2021 Business and Corporate Legal Services, Business Law

If I operate a business, do I automatically have a trademark? What is the little circled “R” on certain brand names? What does it …

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Business and Corporate Legal Services

Can an Employer Sue Its Employee for Negligence?

HNW June 9, 2021 Business and Corporate Legal Services

 One of our corporate clients had an employee whose negligence resulted in him cutting electric lines to mobile homes, costing the company $3,500.00 to …

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Business and Corporate Legal Services
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