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FAQ: Living in a Post-Janus World

July 19, 2018

FAQ: Living in a Post-Janus World: What the Decision Means for Labor Relations in New Jersey On June 27, the United States Supreme Court issued…

United States Supreme Court

July 20, 2017

Discrimination Supreme Court denied petition for certiorari where 3d Circuit dismissed pro se complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be…

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

July 20, 2017

Attorney’s Fees Third Circuit affirmed an award of attorney’s fees. Appellate Court denied that a 2:1 preparation to hearing ratio was reasonable as applied to…

New Jersey District Court

July 20, 2017

Defamation District Court dismissed school’s counterclaim for defamation where parent comments were formed as an opinion and Court expressed concern over the potential chilling effect…

New Jersey Supreme Court

July 20, 2017

Sending-Receiving New Jersey Supreme Court denied petition for certification. In docket numbers C-682, C-629 and C-630, cross petitions were also denied. In re: Withdrawal of…

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

July 20, 2017

Child Abuse Appellate Division dismissed complaint asserting a school district’s violation of the Child Sexual Abuse Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:61B-1 holding that the school district did…

New Jersey Superior Court, Law/Chancery Division

July 20, 2017

At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.

Commissioner of Education

July 20, 2017

Board Member Removal Commissioner upholds board member N.J.S.A. 18A:12-3 removal for missing more than three consecutive meetings without good cause. Board adopted bylaw which provided…

Arbitrator TEACHNJ

July 20, 2017

Tenure Charges for Inefficiency upheld where Teacher of Spanish found to be ineffective for two consecutive years; Claims by teacher of retaliation and that he was set up to fail not supported by the evidence. Gonzalez, 2016: March 3 http://nj.gov/education/legal/teachnj/2016/mar/98-16.pdf After two years of such focused effort and assistance by the District as well…

ELEC

July 20, 2017

At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.

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