On March 5, 2018, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey granted recognition under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to the appointed liquidators in a Hong Kong voluntary liquidation ...

In response to concerns over the administration of the CARES Act funded Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP"), Congress has advanced a bill designed to loosen certain programmatic restrictions.

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that a non-compete agreement providing no new benefit of value is unenforceable against an existing employee for lack of consideration.

If you have been targeted for a spot appeal in recent years, you are not alone.

SBA Issues Revised Paycheck Protection Program Regulations & Procedural Guidance On Economic Injury Disaster Loans..

There are two primary issues to address when dealing with custody, legal and physical custody. Legal custody determines who has the responsibility making decisions regarding the health, religion, education and welfare of the chid(ren).

In May 2018, we wrote about an interesting Fair Debt Collections Practices Act ("FDCPA") case in the Third Circuit. In that case,...

So as remote diagnosis of heart attack is becoming reality, for example, all of the problems associated with cybersecurity attacks must be addressed by a whole new range of potential victims.

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued a new advisory directed towards financial institutions, cyber insurance companies and...

Consumers, employees, and businesses commonly sign agreements that contain provisions that require disputes to be resolved by arbitration, rather than in the courts

On April 20th and again on April 27th, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf issued updated guidance for business operation during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency and amended the Commonwealth's...

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a landmark decision in which it reversed a trial court's ruling that New Jersey law does not provide employment protections

The Federal Trade Commission has recently announced revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the "HSR Act")...

In other words, New Jersey now allows shareholders meetings that are 100% virtual.

The Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) prevents debtors from transferring assets in an effort to frustrate creditors' collection of debts. But the UFTA requires claimants to act promptly...

As states consider the future of non-compete agreements, some members of the Pennsylvania legislature have introduced a Bill that is decidedly against the interest of employers.

On February 7, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision of the US District Court for the District of NJ finding that employers may use electronic signatures...

The decision also shows that courts are more likely to enforce non-solicitation agreements tied to current customers and goodwill and, practically speaking...

In a political climate where gridlock has prevented the passage of any major employment laws by the United States Congress, the recent federal budget deal gave us a rare exception.

In Pennsylvania, an employer who wants current employees to sign a restrictive covenant must provide the employee with new consideration,...