Can Undocumented Workers Receive Compensatory Damages in the Form of Back and Front Pay?

Many of the litigators and public officials we work with at The Red Maple Group are involved in litigation or economic analyses where undocumented workers are the heart of the matter and where monetary damages are sought. According to a slightly old 2016 Pew Research Center Report, New Jersey ranks third in the country in the percentage of undocumented workers to the total population in the state.

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Can an Unmarried Partner Receive their Deceased Partner's Death Benefits in New Jersey?

A term commonly used for couples that cohabitate for long periods of time is domestic partners or a common-law marriage. A common-law marriage is defined as “a marriage that is without a ceremony and is based on the parties’ agreement to consider themselves married”. Since December 1, 1939, The State of New Jersey has not recognized common law marriage.

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Founders Beware: Be Fair to Your Minority Shareholder

Throughout my career in strategy, mergers, acquisitions, and ventures, I had the blessings to work on various transactions, of which many included the selling of companies with minority shareholder interests. But for a very few transactions, almost none of them seriously considered the rights and perspectives of the minority shareholders.

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Proving Compensatory Damages in NJ: Commercial Cases

There are four components required to prove compensatory economic damages in a commercial case. The four components include causation, reasonable certainty, foreseeability, and mitigation. Each area will be explained in detail, to help attorneys understand the importance of each component and why they are necessary for a commercial economic damage report.

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