Apr 18, 2017 | Legally Speaking
As with most legal questions, the answer is that it depends. For the most part, people are legally allowed to operate a small business from their home. For example, an attorney can operate a law practice from his or her home, since it provides a brick and mortar...
Apr 18, 2017 | Legally Speaking
New Jersey residents face three possible “death taxes”—inheritance tax, NJ estate tax and federal estate tax. If you leave property to someone other than your spouse, children, grandchildren, parents or a charity, then your heirs may have to pay...
Apr 18, 2017 | Legally Speaking
Many people erroneously assume that there is a certain designated period after they receive a discharge in bankruptcy where they are ineligible to either apply for or receive new credit cards or other debt. This is entirely untrue. While a bankruptcy filing generally...
Apr 18, 2017 | Legally Speaking
Your work injury may be covered by workers’ compensation even if you were not on your employer’s premises when the accident happened. For example, a police officer is rarely in the police station, but if he or she is injured in the line of duty at a...
Apr 18, 2017 | Legally Speaking
There is no federal law that requires employers to provide time off from work to vote. Therefore, the answer to your question turns on state law. In New Jersey, there is no state law that entitles an employee to take time off from work to vote (either with or without...
Apr 7, 2017 | Legally Speaking
New Jersey common law allows a property owner to trim the overhanging branches of a neighbor’s tree if they constitute a nuisance. However, the property owner must exercise due care when doing so. If the property owner does not, he or she could be forced to pay...
