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from Mike Farhi

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Winter 2010 - New Anti-Bulling Law Will Soon Be in Effect

Spring 2010 - On the Waterfront? Not exactly, Mike Farhi & Partners are Hired by Hoboken

Summer 2008 - 15 years later...Employees and Employers Still Affected by Harassment at Work

Winter 2008 - The Year in Review: Employment News from 2007

February 2007 - FAQ's: Employees Ask About Job Discrimination What exactly is employment discrimination?

October 2006 - FAQ's: You're Fired! Is there a good way to fire or to be fired
from a job?

November 2005 - FAQ's: Employee Handbooks. What is an employee handbook?

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Current News & Announcements
  • Recent Successes in Court - Published Decisions.
    Precedent-setting cases were published this year in favor of clients of Kates Nussman Rapone Ellis & Farhi in the fields of land use law and tax exemptions for clinical programs housing the mentally ill. Read More...
  • Putting a Hold on Mortgage Foreclosures.
    In the midst of foreclosure mania spurred by the bad economy, a New Jersey Appellate Court recently tightened the reins on banks' power to foreclose. That's great news for Sandra A. Ford, whose bank, Wells Fargo, may not be able to establish that it has the ability to foreclose on her home in Westwood, NJ. Read more...
  • How Not to Handle Disgruntled Employee Claims.
    If your company has been sued for sex discrimination and your lawyer tells you that the claim is weak, don’t get exited too fast. If something bad happened to the employee after she complained about the “discrimination,” you may be stuck defending a much stronger retaliation claim. Employers facing a potential discrimination lawsuit, you have to be extra careful to avoid doing anything that could give the employee a much stronger retaliation claim. There are tough decisions to be made, but the wrong ones by an employer can hand her or him the basis for a large award, plus attorney’s fees. Read more...
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