Non-compete agreements (also known as covenants not to compete) are a type of contract provision that provides that a person or business will not compete against another person or business under certain circumstances. For many years they have been widely used in the...
Business Disputes: It’s What We Do
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A Student Loan Bill of Rights
In an effort to address the ongoing student loan crisis, Connecticut has become the first state to enact a student loan bill of rights. This law will serve as way to more closely monitor the lenders in this industry, as well as provide student borrowers with necessary...
Supreme Court Rules in Favor Of Muslim Woman Who Wore Head Scarf to Job Interview
Employers must continue to ensure that applicant’s religious practices are not a factor in hiring decisions. So said the Supreme Court this week. The Court ruled Monday in favor of a Muslim woman whom Abercrombie & Fitch refused to hire because she had worn a...
Survey Shows Mortgage Servicing Still a Problem
For those facing foreclosure, problems persist in dealing with servicers. A recent National Consumer Law Center survey of consumer advocates and housing counselors about their experiences with the mortgage servicing industry revealed ongoing problems. These problems...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes on Student Loan Servicing
We are in the midst of graduations across the nation and it can be a bleak picture for graduates looking for employment. Finding a job in a specific field can be difficult, but students must also take into account looming student loan payments. Large student loan...
The Corinthian Colleges Closure and Debt Cancellation Debacle
Any discussion about student loan rip-offs should begin with Corinthian Colleges. The recent closure of this for-profit company left thousands of students stranded with no way to complete the education they had been promised and for which they took on crushing debt...
The Foreclosure Crisis: It’s Not Over Yet, and Not Even Close in NJ
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 1 in every 234 homes is in some stage of foreclosure in New Jersey. This is a 17% increase over 2014 and clearly shows that the crisis in not over yet. While New Jersey is unique in its rate of foreclosure, the issue still...
Education at a Cost
Student loan debt plagues the nation. Over 40 million people in the United States have student loans and approximately 7 million borrowers are in default. Higher education leads to higher paying and more satisfying work for life, but a crushing debt load can consume...
Lawyers’ Climate Change Campaign Reaches West Coast for Earth Day
In early 2014, a small group of lawyers in Philadelphia began a campaign to enlist the support of the legal community for action on climate change. That campaign took root with the leadership of the Philadelphia Bar Association under the name A Call to the Bar:...
Leading Jurists, Scholars, and Advocates Say Unrelenting CO2 Emissions Violate International Law and Must Be Reduced to Prevent Catastrophe
A group of prominent jurists, scholars, and advocates on March 1, 2015, adopted the Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations. The Principles are based on the undeniable fact that “[t]he threats [to the Earth from climate change] are grave and imminent,”...