Articles Posted in Miscellaneous

Employers can refuse to hire bankruptcy filers

January 3, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Confession: I find bankruptcy VERY boring. And I loathe it. I’m a labor and employment attorney. When partners approach my door with bankruptcy assignments, I pick up the phone and pretend to yell at opposing counsel. So far I’m batting 1000.

But when I learned that the Third Circuit in Rea v. Federated Investors ruled that a private employer may refuse employment to a job applicant who has ever filed for bankruptcy, I mustered up the will power for this blog post.*Checks ESPN.com* Consider it my 2011 bankruptcy contribution.

I’ll break down the court’s ruling after the jump.

On NJ juries, Google, and Facebook.

November 28, 2010 | by Eric B. Meyer

New Jersey has lots of these.

What could possibly beat a New Jersey jug handle? Anything really. But will you settle for three short items involving social media and the courtroom? If so, hit the jump. If not, here’s a Wikipedia post about the history of jug handles.

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