Source: Profiles In Law Managing partner specializing in all phases of litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, workers’ compensation, and diminished value/property damage.  Mitchell is one of the finest new jersey accident attorneys and truly provides a caring service to his clients. Mitchell Portnoi earned his B.A. from University of Miami in 1981 and… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Education: West Los Angeles School of Law; Juris Doctorate – 2008 El Camino Community College; Paralegal Certification – 2003 Bar Admission: California State Bar – Admitted on December 28, 2008 U.S. District Court – Central District; 2009 Eric Jeter is an experienced former paralegal and law clerk who had recently been… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Koorosh Khashayar Esq Criminal Defense Lawyer in Vista Associate Undergraduate School: -California State University Hayward, 2004 Undergraduate Degree: -Business Administration, Marketing Management Option Law School: -California Western School of Law, 2007 Law School, Degree: -Juris Doctor Master of Laws: -University of Miami School of Law Master of Laws, Degree: -Master of… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles In June, the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a strategic plan for work site enforcement through fiscal year 2014. One of the key initiatives of the plan is enforcement of U.S. immigration-related employment laws, in particular pursuing employers who knowingly violate the laws. Read the… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles A client asks what to do about an employee who is sending out global emails to the entire workforce, which contain rants against workplace diversity, cultures other than European, etc. The employee maintains he has a right under the First Amendment to issue such emails. But the other employees are… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) causes confusion and consternation for many employers. This is understandable, considering the recent changes to the FMLA regulations and the current administration’s efforts to expand FMLA coverage. The fact is, while most employers accept their legal obligation to provide FMLA benefits to… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire In the five years since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the mandatory nature of federal sentencing guidelines, prosecutors’ experiences and data suggest “federal sentencing practice is fragmenting into at least two distinct and very different sentencing regimes,” according to the Justice Department, which wants the U.S. Sentencing Commission to investigate,… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire In a huge win for labor, the 3rd Circuit has ruled that a corporation in bankruptcy cannot terminate its retirees’ health and life insurance benefits — even if its ERISA plan explicitly reserved its right to unilaterally terminate such benefits — unless it can show that doing so is a necessary… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire Legal experts will argue over who got the best deal — Goldman Sachs or federal regulators — in the record fraud settlement announced Thursday. But one thing seems certain: The investing public didn’t. Goldman agreed to pay $550 million, which pales in comparison to the estimated $1 billion the SEC had… [Continue Reading]