New Jersey Discrimination Law
Jason Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, et al.
Newark, New Jersey, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination theory.<br> <br> NJIT hired Jason Jorjani in 2015 to teach philosophy,<br> and twice renewed his contract in 2016 and 2017. During this<br> time, Jorjani "formed the Alt Right Corporation,†to "widen<br> the message of his philosophy, which he describes as an<br> affirmation of the Indo-... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - NJ)Norberto Vegas v. Be Vitamins Health Food Store Incorporated
Hackensack, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory. <br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a US civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability in several areas: employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunicat... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - NJ)Salvatore Eppolito v. Henry Schein, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey employment law job discrimination civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> ... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - NJ)Erick Zanetich v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc., et al.
Camden, New Jersey employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he was wrongfully denied employment.<br> <br> <br> In 2021, as part of its efforts to legalize and regulate<br> marijuana use "in a similar fashion to the regulation of alcohol<br> for adults,†New Jersey enacted the Cannabis Regulatory,<br> Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act<br> �... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - NJ)Patricia Bronsky v. Cardinal Village, Inc.
<h2><br> Camden, New Jersey Americans With Disabilities Act violation civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in many areas of public life. The ADA includes several key provisions that are important to know, including: <br> <br> Reasonable accommod... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - NJ)Majed Subh v. Security Guard, Inc., et al. </center
<h2><br> Camden, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination theory.<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (08-12-2024 - NJ)Michael Saul v. Seeking Alpha, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a employment discrimination civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County, OCN L 000455 23, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> Seeking Alpha claims to " investors to make the absolute best investing decisions by lever... More...
$0 (11-21-2023 - NJ)John Diloreto v. Dr. Robin Miller, et al.
Trenton, New Jersey prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants for violating his civil rights.<br> <br> Prisoner civil rights law is based on the idea that prisoners retain certain fundamental rights, even though they are incarcerated. These rights include the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, the right to due process of law, and the right to e... More...
$0 (10-02-2023 - NJ)Shannon Phillips v. Starbucks Corporation
Camden, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff claimed that she was fired because she was white.<br> <br> Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and nat... More...
$25000000 (07-28-2023 - NJ)Miguel Quiroz v. Empirian Village of Maryland, LLC
Greenbelt, Maryland civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> <br> This is a dispute over the end of an employment relationship between Plaintiff Miguel Quiroz ("Plaintiffâ€) and Defendant Empirian Village of Maryland, LLC ("Empirianâ€). Mr. Quiroz alleges that Empirian, the Maryland based owner of the Franklin Park at Greenbelt... More...
$0 (04-25-2023 - NJ)Latoya Mayers v. Inspira Health Network, Inc., d/b/a Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Camden, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 2000e provides:<br> <br> For many years in this country, discrimination in employment, education, and housing on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, and gender was a legal and accepted practice. Gradually more and more individuals challenged the right... More...
$1 (04-25-2023 - NJ)United States of America v. Secureapp Technologies, LLC
Newark, New Jersey civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only from non-U.S. citizens who sought temporary work visa sponsorship or who had immigration statuses associated with certain employment-based temporary visas. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center>... More...
$0 (12-15-2022 - NJ)Brain Henderson v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al.
Trenton, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> 21 U.S.c. 12101 Findings and purpose<br> (a) Findings<br> <br> The Congress finds that—<br> <br> (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physica... More...
$0 (04-11-2022 - NJ)Jamilah McCoy v. McLane Company, Inc., et al.
Camden, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> "McLane Company, Inc. is one of the largest supply chain services leaders in the United States, providing grocery and foodservice solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants. Through McLane Grocery and McLane Foodservice, McLane ... More...
$1 (03-31-2022 - NJ)Donald Thompson v. Pepsico, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey civil rights employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted are not available at this time.<br> <br> This case was filed in the SOMERSET COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, SOMERSET COUNTY, SOM-L615-19, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...
$1 (04-28-2020 - NJ)Rufus Jones v. The Michaels Organization
Trenton, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a job discrimination (race) theory under 41 U.S.C. 1981. ... More...
$0 (05-11-2021 - NJ)Walter Sotomayor v. Amazon.com Services, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey civil rights law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY MERCER COUNTY, MER-L001521-20.... More...
$0 (05-11-2021 - NJ)United States of America v. Quantum Integrators Group
Newark, New Jersey - Quantum Integrators Group (Quantum), an IT consulting and staffing company based in New Jersey settled with the with the claims that it discriminated against a lawful permanent resident by requiring her, based on her citizenship status, to provide unnecessary documentation before it would refer her for an employment opportunity, and routinely required other work-authorized no... More...
$0 (01-27-2021 - nj)Marie Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" Src="http://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/Courthouses.gif"><br> </center><br> Marie Curto wanted to swim with her family after<br> work. Steve Lusardi wanted to swim with his wife, who had<br> disabilities after a series of strokes and needed pool therapy to<br> recover. But they lived at A Country Place, and its<br> Condominium Association had adopted rules se... More...
$0 (04-22-2019 - NJ)Ever Bodoya v. American Eagle Express, Inc. d/b/a AEX Group
<center><br> <img width="300" Src="http://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/Courthouses.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff delivery drivers Ever Bedoya, Diego Gonzalez, and Manuel Decastro (collectively, “the Drivers”) filed a putative class action against Defendant American Eagle Express, Inc., (“AEX”), alleging that AEX misclassified them as independent contractors when they are a... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NJ)Francisco Mendez-Moreno v. McKesson Corporation
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Tenton, NJ - Francisco Mendez-Moreno sued McKesson Corporation on a civil rights job discrimination (race) theory.... More...
$1 (11-29-2018 - NJ)Diane Nash v. Raymours Furniture Company, Inc.
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Trnton, NJ - Diane Nash sued Raymours Furniture Company, Inc. on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.... More...
$1 (12-04-2018 - NJ)Valerie Montone, et al. v. City of Jersey City, Jersey City Police Department, Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Robert Troy, Brian O'Reilly
Newark, NJ - Valerie Montone sued the City of Jersey City and others on civil rights employment discrimination theories claiming that she was denied promotions due to violations of the First Amendment and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. ... More...
$0 (07-07-2018 - NJ)Don Karms and Robert Parker v. Kathleen Shanahan, Sandra McKeon Crow and New Jersey Transit
Don Karns and Robert Parker filed civil rights actions against the New Jersey Transit Corporation (“NJ Transit”) and NJ Transit Officers Kathleen Shanahan and Sandra McKeon Crowe in their official and individual capacities, alleging violations of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Officers Shanahan and Crowe arrested Karns and Parker for defiant trespass and obstruction of justice a... More...
$0 (01-14-2018 - NJ)United States of America v. Craig Cinelli and David Barteck
Newark, NJ - Owner Of Hudson County, New Jersey, Scrap Metal Company Admits Role In 17-Year Conspiracy To Defraud Customers - Former Chief Financial Officer Has Pleaded Guilty to Related Charge<br> <br> The minority owner of Cinelli Iron & Metal Co. (CIMCO) admitted operating a 17-year conspiracy that defrauded customers out of millions of dollars.<br> <br> Craig Cinelli, 47, of Allendale, New Jer... More...
$0 (11-09-2017 - NJ)Ina M. Collins v. Mary Kay, Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellant Ina M. Collins, who worked as a<br> beauty consultant in New Jersey for Defendant-Appellee Mary<br> Kay, Inc. brought this putative class action in the United States<br> District Court for the District of New Jersey, claiming that<br> certain Mary Kay policies and practices violated the New<br> Jersey Wage Payment Law (“NJWPL”). Mary Kay moved to<br> dismiss the suit on for... More...
$0 (11-03-2017 - NJ)Michelle Moody v. Atlantic City Board of Education
Michelle Moody sued the Atlantic City Board of Education (“Board”) for sexual harassment and retaliation pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a)(1), 3(a), and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 10:5-12(a), (d). The District Court granted summary judgment to the Board, finding that the alleged harasser, Maurice Marshall, was not Moody’s supe... More...
$0 (09-12-2017 - NJ)United States of America v. Township of Bernards, et al.
Newark, NJ - Justice Department and Bernards Township (NJ) Settle Lawsuit Over Alleged RLUIPA Violations<br> <br> The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Bernards Township, New Jersey, to resolve allegations that the Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Islamic Society of Basking Rid... More...
$0 (05-31-2017 - NJ)United States of America v. Habib Chaudhry
Trenton, NJ - Fugitive Pleads Guilty In $200 Million Credit Card Fraud Scam<br> <br> A New York man admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department.<br> <br> Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal court to Count One of an indictment charging him with consp... More...
$0 (04-18-2017 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KASSEY BENJAMIN <table> <td>
We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of <br> the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled <br> to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other <br> defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum <br> penalty. <br> The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration <br> for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-tim... More...
$0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KASSEY BENJAMIN <table> <td>
We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of <br> the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled <br> to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other <br> defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum <br> penalty. <br> The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration <br> for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-tim... More...
$0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)<b>STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL D. EMANUEL</ center></b>
Defendant Michael D. Emanuel was tried before the South Orange <br> Municipal Court and convicted of committing the disorderly persons <br> offense of lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4a. The municipal court <br> sentenced him to pay a maximum fine of $1000 and ordered him to <br> pay court costs and other mandatory penalties. Pursuant to Rule <br> 3:23-8(a), defendant appealed to the Law Division for a... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - NJ)<b>STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MISAEL CLAROS</b>
Defendant, landlord Misael Claros, appeals from a July 16, <br> 2015 Law Division order finding him guilty de novo of nine counts <br> of violating Township of North Bergen, Ordinance 38-09, Section 6 <br> prohibiting renting cubicles and imposing a fine of $750 plus $33 <br> court costs on each count for a total of $7047. Because as a <br> matter of law the State produced insufficient evidence o... More...
$0 (12-05-2016 - NJ)<b><h3> Ramon Cuevas v. Wentworth Group </b></h3>
Wentworth is a property-management company, and the <br> Wentworth Group is the parent entity. Michael Mendillo was the <br> president and chief executive officer of Wentworth and the owner <br> of the Wentworth Group. In May 2005, Mendillo hired Ramon to <br> serve as one of Wentworth’s regional vice presidents -- the only <br> one of Hispanic descent. In that role, Ramon managed high-rise <... More...
$0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)Salvatore Puglia v. Elk Pipeline, Inc.
New Jersey has a significant body of statutory and <br> decisional law protecting employee rights -- protections that <br> exist whether the employee is a union member or not. Among <br> those are wage and hour and whistleblower protections. Facts <br> that can give rise to a violation of those state-law protections <br> can often (for union workers) also give rise to a claim based on <br> a col... More...
$0 (08-16-2016 - NJ)United States of America v. Lee Vaccaro
Newark, NJ - Nevada Man Pleads Guilty To $5 Million Investment Fraud Scheme<br> <br> A Nevada man admitted to defrauding investors out of more than $5 million.<br> <br> Lee Vaccaro, 44, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud.<br> <br> According to documents filed in this case and statements made i... More...
$0 (06-02-2016 - NJ)United States of America v. Vernina Adams
Tenton, NJ - Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Role In International $200 Million Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy<br> A Philadelphia woman who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.<br> <br> Vernina Adams, 34, previously pleaded guilty... More...
$0 (05-06-2016 - NJ)GINAMARIE GOMES v. THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH and CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, LLC
This appeal raises in part the novel issue of whether a <br> plaintiff, who was treated by a private medical provider under <br> contract to provide care to inmates at a county jail, must serve <br> that private entity with a tort claims notice before she can sue <br> the company for negligence. We hold that the Tort Claims Act <br> (the "TCA" or the "Act"), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to :14-4, does not <br... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - NJ)United States of America v. Jay Fung
Trenton, NJ - Florida Investor Who Made More Than $250,000 From Insider Trading Scheme Pleads Guilty<br> <br> A Florida man today admitted trading on material, nonpublic information concerning Gilead Sciences Inc.’s $11 billion acquisition of New Jersey-based Pharmasset Inc.<br> <br> Jay Fung, 42, of Delray Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton fed... More...
$0 (03-09-2016 - NJ)State of New Jersey v. Saladin Thompson
On a single evening in July 2005, defendant committed a series of shootings in Irvington, killing one man and injuring <br> two others. Defendant, who is African American, was charged with first-degree murder and related offenses. <br> During jury selection, the State exercised nine of its twelve peremptory challenges; seven of the nine were used to <br> strike African-American prospective juro... More...
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