New Jersey Bills Seek to Prohibit Employers from Requiring or Obtaining Credit Checks from Applicants or Employees

Because change orders are ubiquitous in the construction industry, they are often prepared with less scrutiny and attention to detail than is needed. Each change order is intended to be a modification to the original (prime or sub) contract. Because they have such significant implications, parties should treat each change order with care. In the heat of a busy job, brevity is tempting, but this can lead to confusion and disagreement later on.

On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in United States v. Windsor. The Court ruled that a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had denied federal benefits to same-sex partners, is unconstitutional. The legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling means that same-sex spouses

Courts often do not clearly articulate what are key arguments in defending an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) involving a claim for benefits based on subjective complaints. However, the stars recently aligned and U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald of the Central District of California did just that in Haber v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 14-9566, 2016 WL 4154917 (August 4, 2016). He concluded that the plaintiff Orly Haber did not prove that her upper extremity pain complaints were severe enough to preclude her from performing an occupation normally performed in the national economy for which she was reasonably suited based upon her education, training, or experience (the “any occupation” standard).