Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard

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Prior to construction, our client's environmental due diligence activities revealed the presence of 81 underground storage tanks (USTs) with associated soil and groundwater contamination. Our client successfully implemented a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)-approved remedial action, including removing the 81 USTs and excavating 3,600 tons of contaminated soil. During construction, our client discovered an 11 more USTs.

Founded in 1928, the firm has grown to 119 attorneys who work in eleven primary areas of practice: Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring; Construction Services; Corporate, Finance & Business Transactions; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Intellectual Property, Litigation; Real Estate; Real Estate Special Opportunities Group; Tax, Trusts & Estates and White Collar Defense & Investigations. Cole Schotz serves clients nationally throughout the United States with offices in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Texas.

Telebright Corporation, Inc. (“Telebright”), which was incorporated in Delaware and maintained its offices in Maryland, employed a woman who lived in and telecommuted from New Jersey. Her job was developing and writing software code from a computer in her home, which she uploaded to a repository on Telebright’s remote computer server. Other than attending company-wide meetings in Maryland once or twice a year, she worked entirely from her home.

Under the Ordinance, employees of private-sector employers who work at least 80 hours per year in Newark are eligible to earn such paid sick time. The Ordinance, however, specifically exempts public employees, employees of construction unions covered by collective bargaining agreements, and employees covered by collective bargaining agreements that specifically waive paid sick leave requirements. Employers with ten or more employees are required to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year.

Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust involved the HathiTrust Digital Library (“HDL”), a digital repository of nearly ten million works composed of the collections of its 80 members, including colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations. The idea for the HDL began in 2004, when several universities agreed to allow Google to digitally scan their collections (Google’s participation is the subject of a second suit pending before the Second Circuit).

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