New Jersey Becomes the Sixth State to Ban the Box for Private Employers

By Todd Lebowitz on August 25, 2014 Posted in Workplace Privacy

Criminal background questions on employment applications will no longer be permitted in New Jersey, effective March 1, 2015. New Jersey joins Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Rhode Island to become the sixth state to ban the box for private employers. As we blogged here, the Illinois law takes effect January 1, 2015. Several cities have … Continue Reading

New Jersey Judge Certifies TCPA Junk Fax Class

By BakerHostetler on October 6, 2013 Posted in Data Breaches, Marketing

Authored by: Julian Perlman Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. In a significant decision for companies that engage in electronic marketing, a New Jersey federal judge certified a 23(b)(3) class claiming violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”; 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C)). In A&L Industries Inc. v. … Continue Reading

Third Circuit Sustains “Data Collection Provision” of NJ’s Unclaimed Property Law

By Kimberly M. Wong on February 14, 2012 Posted in Information Security, Payment Card Industry

The Third Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s decision refusing to enjoin an amendment to the New Jersey Unclaimed Property Act (the “Act”) which requires issuers of stored value cards (“SVCs”) to obtain the name and address of purchasers of SVCs and to maintain a record of the zip code of each purchases. New Jersey Retail … Continue Reading