Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Causes Minimal Damage to the Right to Strike, but Makes Garmon Preemption More Challenging
by Raymond M. Baldino At the end of its last term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a much-anticipated case concerning the right to strike,...
FIRM PARTNER, COLIN M. LYNCH, ESQ., OBTAINS DISMISSAL OF TENURE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS CITING RETALIATION FOR UNION ACTIVITY BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Lynch recently obtained two separate, but related arbitration decisions issued pursuant to the TEACHNJ Act, dismissing tenure charges...
Commissioner of Education Finds Teachers are Entitled to Paid Leave Pending a Fitness for Duty Exam
Firm Partner, Colin M. Lynch, and Associate, Sheila Murugan, obtained a Final Decision from the New Jersey Commissioner of Education on...
NJ Supreme Court Defines Scope of Good Faith Defense to State Wage and Hour Laws for the First Time
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in January to sharply limit the scope of the good faith exception to the state wage and hour law,...
United States Supreme Court Holds LGBTQ Rights Protected Under Title VII
The United States Supreme Court held this month that the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extend to protect...
New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Decision Impacting Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations in Public
For anyone who works in a public school, an allegation of child abuse leading to an investigation by the Department of Children and...