Tagged: New Jersey Law Journal

The Push for Pay Equity Legislation in New Jersey

Equal pay for equal work is by no means a new concept. Achieving pay equity, defined as eliminating sex (and other) discrimination in the wage-setting system, has been debated for decades. Recently, however, pay equity has become a significant public issue, prompting many state and local governments to enact legislation aimed at eliminating pay disparities, with a strong focus on closing the gender wage gap. To date, attempts to pass pay equity legislation in New Jersey have been unsuccessful. However, with the recent election of Phil Murphy as governor, pay equity legislation in New Jersey appears almost certain. In this recent article published by the New Jersey Law Journal, Suzanne Herrmann Brock, Elizabeth Cowit, and Brittany E. Grierson provide insight into the most recent developments in state and local pay equity laws and discuss legislation on the horizon for New Jersey.

New Jersey Law Journal Names Gibbons the 2014 “General Litigation Department of the Year”

The New Jersey Law Journal has named Gibbons P.C. the “General Litigation Department of the Year” for 2014, the top award presented in its second annual “Litigation Departments of the Year” awards program. The general litigation award recognized the firm’s litigation strength in several areas, including commercial litigation, products liability, employment, intellectual property, and media law. In 2013, the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Department was named the “Commercial Litigation Department of the Year” in the same awards program.

Divisibility Under CERCLA

Although not expressly required under the statute, applied joint and several liability has usually been applied by courts when the government pursues cleanup against polluters under CERCLA. A party seeking to avoid joint and several liability has the burden of proving not only that divisibility of harm is possible amongst potentially responsible parties, but that a reasonable basis for such divisibility exists. Case law from federal district courts, circuit courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court makes it clear that satisfying this burden requires a very case-specific and fact intensive inquiry. Early planning and a focused strategy for how to frame the facts and theory of the case can make the difference in determining whether divisibility is both possible and reasonable.

Gibbons Business & Commercial Litigation Department Named the New Jersey Law Journal’s Commercial Litigation Department of the Year

The Gibbons Business & Commercial Litigation Department has been named the Commercial Litigation Department of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal. This marks the publication’s first list of leading litigation departments, which evaluated law firms with a New Jersey presence and significant litigation results in 2012.