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Earlier this year, HR Legalist updated readers about a proposed rule unveiled by the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor (“DOL”) that would increase the salary threshold, under which all employees must be paid overtime wages, to over...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Many of our clients have noticed that the Government is increasingly using accusations of contractor fraud as a defense to valid claims, even when there is no evidence that the contractor intended to deceive the government.  In many cases, the Courts...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) (and similar charges with state and local human relations agencies) are a critical first step in an employee’s discrimination claim.  For employers, the...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

As our economy’s uptick continues to favor buyers, developers often find large parcels of contiguous property spanning across acres of land for sale. Less experienced developers lacking knowledge and capital shy away from good investment and/or...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Treasury Department has issued two sets of proposed regulations concerning the tax benefits available to taxpayers who invest in Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs). The first set of proposed regulations (published in October 2018) clarified many...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

On June 13, 2019, bills were introduced in the New Jersey Assembly (A5564) and New Jersey Senate (S3945) that would amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) to include discrimination on the basis of hair. The legislation was supported...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP