This page provides an overview of New Jersey’s newest electric scooter laws, and what to do if you’re involved in a scooter accident. Electric scooters are popping up in cities everywhere across the United States. As of May 13, 2019, the state of New Jersey has jumped on the bandwagon and officially legalized the use…
Is an “As-Is” clause in a residential lease in Pennsylvania enforceable? That is a question that comes up any time a tenant is injured in a rental property and attempts to sue the landlord. Landlords will commonly include an “As-Is” clause in the lease. The “As-Is” clause generally says that the tenant accepts the property…
ZDNet.com is reporting that Comcast was hacked last week, potentially exposing subscribers’ personal information. Supposedly, a group named NullCrew FTS hacked at least 24 Comcast mail servers and then publicly posted how to infiltrate Comcast’s servers. While Comcast has denied that subscribers’ personal information was obtained through the incident, technology websites have recommended that Philadelphia Comcast subscribers…
Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law may offer civil immunity to George Zimmerman from any civil lawsuit brought by Trayvon Martin’s family. Many people have speculated that Trayvon Martin’s family will bring a civil lawsuit against Zimmerman following the end of the criminal case. In civil cases there is a lower burden of proof that is…
A State Supreme Court Dismisses Doctor’s Lawsuit Against Former Patient’s Son for Defamation In an interesting case from Minnesota, the state’s Supreme Court dismissed a doctor’s lawsuit against a man who left negative feedback about the doctor on a “rate-your-doctor” website. The man was the son of the doctor’s patient. The patient’s son was sued…
Four men filed suit against a New Jersey therapy group for therapy services it offers to “cure” homosexuality. Attorney Christine Sun of the Southern Poverty Law Center represents four men suing Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (“JONAH”), which is located in New Jersey. The men allege that JONAH’s practice of offering therapy services to…
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