The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (the “LAD”), prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the workplace based upon a number of protected characteristics, including sex or gender. Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy has long been recognized as a form of “sex” discrimination because only one “sex” can get pregnant – females. However, in 2014, the New Jersey Legislature endeavored to further reinforce the protections afforded to pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers with passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “PWFA”).

On April 24, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the “NJEPA”) to amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (the “LAD”). The NJEPA renders it “an unlawful employment practice, or, as the case may be, an unlawful discrimination …[f]or an employer to pay any of its employees who is a member of a protected class at a rate of compensation, including benefits, which is less than the rate paid by the employer to employees who are not members of

Poulos LoPiccolo PC, along with The Wolf Law Firm LLC and Jones Wolf & Kapisi, LLC, successfully argued that the New Jersey Superior Court correctly certified a class action the firms brought against Retro Fitness, its franchises and ABC Financial Services Company related to their violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (the “CFA”) for engaging in unconscionable commercial practices in charging members monthly dues or annual fees even after the member notified Retro of their desire to cancel or not continue their membership.

The case was filed in January

Poulos LoPiccolo is investigating claims of Chevrolet vehicles violently shaking and vibrating when driven at highway level speeds. The “Chevy Shake,” as consumers call it, is potentially caused by defective aluminum drive shafts according to internal GM documents. The following vehicles were installed with the defective aluminum drive shaft:

2015 to present Cadillac Escalade
2014 to present Chevrolet Silverado
2015 to present Chevrolet Suburban
2015 to present Chevrolet Tahoe
2014 to present GMC Sierra
2015 to present GMC Yukon/Yukon XL

According to consumers, the defect makes the vehicle feel unstable when driving at highway level speeds and

Our expert real attorney, John Poulos, published an article last week on New York City’s proposed Pied-À-Tierre tax. This proposed bill is now facing strong resistance from Albany lawmakers.

Read John Poulos’ take on the debate over the Pied-À-Tierre here: Pied A Terre Proposed Tax DOA

Our real estate expert attorney, John Poulos, published an article on New York City’s proposed Pied-À-Tierre tax. You can read the original article here: Ins and Out of NYC Pied À Terre Proposed Tax

Our real estate expert attorney, John Poulos, published an article on the importance of a signed seller’s disclosure. You can read the original article here: Real Estate Brokers Beware

On December 5, 2018, Poulos LoPiccolo PC, along with co-counsel, Lite DePalma Greenberg LLC and Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Marriott International, Inc., a multinational corporation headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland (“Marriott”) related to a data breach that potentially affected up to 500 million Marriott guests.

Marriott is one of the largest hotel and hospitality companies in the world. Marriott and its various entities currently have more than 6,700 properties in more than 129 countries. Since 2014, approximately 500 million people have stayed at Marriott and

Long Island City was already considered a hot and trendy neighborhood and real estate market. However, the mid-November announcement of Amazon’s new second global headquarters (“HQ2”) sent interest in Long Island City (“LIC”) further skyrocketing.

Amazon’s new second global headquarters being split between two cities- Long Island City in Queens, New York and Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia- will create 25,000 jobs and develop four million square feet of office space at both locations, while receiving billions in tax incentives from both states in return.

LIC is a Queens waterfront neighborhood located

UNITED STATES – July 23: Matt Whitaker (R) Iowa is interviewed at Roll Call office in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

JOSEPH LOPICCOLO, Shareholder and Chair of the class action group at Poulos LoPiccolo PC, recently appeared in an article by the Wall Street Journal regarding Poulos LoPiccolo’s class action against World Patent Marketing, along with Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s involvement in World Patent Marketing’s allegedly fraudulent activity.

In addition to Poulos LoPiccolo’s class action, the Federal Trade Commission filed a case accusing World Patent Marketing