More than twice as many people were hospitalized due to bicycling injuries in 2013 than in 1998, according to a report in the journal of the American Medical Association. The report showed an increase in the proportion of head and torso injuries, as well as a marked...
Year: 2015
Traffic Deaths Up In 2015
The National Safety Council released preliminary data about traffic fatalities in 2015 and the news is not good. From January to June, 18,600 traffic deaths were reported throughout the United States. Through June of 2014, 16,400 deaths had been reported. That marks a...
Drunk Driving Campaign Raises Awareness
A new initiative seeks to raise awareness about drunk driving this week. From August 21 to September 7, New Jersey drivers in some areas will go through sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols. This is part of the national campaign to "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over."...
Whistleblower Law Extended In New Jersey
The public has an interest in finding out when businesses are breaking the law. The people most likely to have that information are employers of the company in question. In an effort to encourage public disclosure of wrongdoing, New Jersey passed the Conscientious...
Child Passenger Safety In New Jersey
As of September 1, the State of New Jersey will have a new set of laws in place to improve the safety of young passengers. The new rules make several changes that parents and guardians should be aware of when transporting young people by car. The new laws are intended...
Charting The Pay Gap
There are many ways in which people of a certain ilk try to deny or defend the wage gap between men and women. Some claim there is no gap, ignoring substantial research that it is a real problem. Some claim it is a matter of personal decisions, as though women choose...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses South Carolina, The Confederate Flag and The Shooting in a Black Church
I've been waiting for this moment - the moment I'm watching on CNN right now, on July 9th - to comment on this trinity of issues. Obviously, they're all intimately related with one another, but more importantly, they're all about our changing national character.In my...
Kentucky Sheriff’s Officer Handcuffed Disabled Boy; ACLU Files Suit
New Jersey Civil Rights and School Harassment Trial Lawyer Discusses Kentucky Sheriff's Officer Handcuffing Disabled Boy and ACLU Suit In 2014, a Kentucky sheriff's deputy put handcuffs on two elementary school students with disabilities for "misbehaving" in school. A...
Safety, Etiquette And The Left Lane
The left lane is for passing. It's a relatively simple idea that can help traffic move more quickly and safely. Proper lane discipline is not just about etiquette, though there is a component of that. Drivers who clog up the left lane cause congestion and congestion...
Wage and Hour and Overtime Rights Lawyer Discusses New Employment Rights
As long as the Fair Labors Standards Act (FLSA) has been in existence, American corporations, large and small, have looked for ways to avoid paying overtime to employees who are otherwise entitled to receive it. One of the most common tricks used by business is to...