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Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.

Asset Protection 101 for New York Restaurant Owners with Real Estate Interests

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP on 7/18/2025

Owning and operating a restaurant in New York comes with significant financial and legal responsibilities—especially when real estate is part of your investment portfolio. As a restaurant owner, you face unique risks that can...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 3, March 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/3/2023

Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics - “Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking...more

What to do When Your Employee Is Getting Divorced

Dentons on 11/23/2022

Maybe you noticed that an employee needs more time off lately or has seemed extra stressed or distracted. Perhaps they even told you they are having a tough time in their personal life and are divorcing their spouse. While...more

HR Quick Takes: Sharing employee payroll information

Dentons on 9/11/2019

Q: One of my employees is getting divorced and his spouse called asking for payroll and work schedule information. How do I respond?...more

New Jersey Employer’s Fear of Employee’s “Ugly Divorce” Forms Basis of Marital Status Bias Claim

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/16/2016

In Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad, (A-19-14, June 21, 2016), the New Jersey Supreme Court broadly interpreted the prohibition against marital status discrimination in the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to protect a person...more

Terminated: A Marriage’s End Should Not Lead to Employment’s End

Lewitt Hackman on 7/14/2016

Last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad (MRS) that an employer cannot terminate an employee for separating or divorcing – the processes of which apparently falls under the...more

NJ Supreme Court Finds For Employees In Two Recent Cases

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/30/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: In two recent cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously expanded state law to protect individuals going through a divorce from discrimination, and remanded another case to the trial court with...more

New Jersey Appellate Division Holds That the NJLAD Prohibits Discrimination Against Employees in the Process of Being Divorced

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2014

In Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad, 2014 WL 2894924 (App. Div. June 27, 2014), the Appellate Division held that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (NJLAD) prohibition against discrimination based on “marital status”...more

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