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Month: March 2024

Per Diem Attorney Rates and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

A recent ruling reducing an attorney’s fee award under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination because plaintiffs’ firm used per diem attorneys has rattled the plaintiffs bar and seems headed for state Supreme Court review. The case centers on the hourly rate charged by the per diem lawyers the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Peter van Schaick, hired to […]

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