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New Survey Shows Strong Support for Social Security and Social Security Disability
New Survey Shows Strong Support for Social Security and Social Security Disability Unlike what media analysts and politicians often suggest, a large majority of Americans prefer to [...]
Declining Social Security Administration Staff May Impact Disability Claims Processing
Declining Social Security Administration Staff May Impact Disability Claims Processing A recent article (found here: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1136769) discussed changing employment figures within the Social Security Administration—and how those [...]
Target, Inc Not Entitled to Reimbursement of NJ Workers’ Compensation Temporary Disability Benefits
On October 27, 2004, Margaret Adams—an employee of Target Stores, Inc. since 1998—suffered an injury on the job. Ms. Adams was a warehouse team leader, which meant [...]
New Jersey Doctor Leads Calls to Improve Assessments of Aging Physicians
“It’s a very individual thing,” said Dr. Peter Carmel. Dr. Carmel, 76, is a pediatric neurosurgeon at University Hospital, immediate past president of the American Medical Association [...]
New Social Security Administration Ruling Clarifies Stance on Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
On March 22, a new “Social Security Ruling” (SSR 13-2p) will take affect, clarifying the Social Security Administration’s stance on the impact of drug addiction and alcoholism [...]
New Jersey Company Cited and Fined for Dangerous Workplace Conditions
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New Jersey Workers Have Third-Longest Commutes in the Country
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report titled “Out-of-State and Long Commutes,” examining commuter habits of workers across the country. The report describes that, nationally, [...]
Social Security Disability: Proposed Change to Cost of Living Increases May Negatively Affect Social Security Beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration periodically increases benefits under so-called “cost of living adjustments” (COLAs). These are adjustments that account for both inflation and general increases in the [...]
New Jersey Celebrates 100 Years Since the End of the Governorship of Woodrow Wilson—the Father of New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation System
Workers’ Compensation: New Jersey Celebrates 100 Years Since the End of the Governorship of Woodrow Wilson—the Father of New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation System In March of 1913—exactly [...]
Social Security Disability Benefits Are Increasingly Difficult to Receive
A recent article on Social Security Disability highlighted an ever-significant trend in the program: benefits are getting harder and harder to get. The article begins by pointing [...]
Workers Compensation: Recently Passed New Jersey Law Curtails Balance Billing of Injured Employees
A few months ago, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill No. 2652 into law. Before passage of the new legislation, injured employees were directly and personally [...]
Drug Company Pleads Guilty to “End Run” Around the FDA
According to Timothy McInnis, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, Par Pharmaceutical “risked the lives of senior citizens across the U.S., by illegally off-label marketing [the drug, Megace [...]
Firm News
Best Lawyers in NJ? Szaferman Lakind Included in 2021 “Best Law Firms” List by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein and Blader, P.C. has been included in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best [...]
Judge Linda Feinberg (Ret.) Presents in Two Programs on Professionalism
Judge Linda Feinberg (Ret.) was a presenter in two programs in September for attorneys and judges in [...]
Craig Hubert Talks Mental Health with “AIR,” Attitudes in Reverse
Partner Craig Hubert recently joined Gabi Johnson of YourTownTube to discuss youth mental health, the central [...]
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
Appellate Division Affirms Termination of Alimony Based Upon Cohabitation Without the Need for a Plenary Hearing (Brian G. Paul).
Normally, when a paying spouse provides evidence demonstrating that their former spouse may be cohabiting in [...]
Husband Entitled to Trial to Determine Whether He Should Receive Portion of $330,000 Marital Stock Options He Claimed Were Not Disclosed at Time of Divorce (Brian G. Paul).
Cyr v. Cyr Brian G. Paul, a partner in the firm’s matrimonial department, recently reversed a [...]
Restricted Stock Awarded by Employer as Deferred Compensation Constitutes Income for Alimony and Child Support Purposes (Brian G. Paul).
Pizi v. Bolam Brian G. Paul of the firm’s family law department successfully defended an ex-husband’s [...]