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Yesterday, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the attorney-client privilege protects e-mails between a would-be plaintiff / employee and her attorney discussing a possible employment lawsuit against the plaintiff’s employer that were transmitted on the corporate laptop of the employer. In Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (Docket No. A-16-09, March [...]

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It’s the end of the month. Time for a review of March’s most popular articles posted to the Vanarelli Law Office Blog. The original post date, along with a short summary of the content of each post, are included after each hyperlinked title. Tweeting The ABA TechShow – March 28, 2010. Here, I presented a [...]

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Named after its Congressional sponsor and enacted in 1977, the Pickle Amendment created a separate category of Medicaid eligibility. Under the Pickle Amendment, an individual who received both Social Security benefits (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits but became ineligible for SSI due to cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) in the SSA benefit will remain eligible [...]

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A New Jersey appeals court recently held that a life care contract between a nursing home resident and her daughter, in which the resident paid her daughter a lump sum for the future provision of personal care services, is not a transfer for fair market value for the purposes of Medicaid eligibility. E.S. v. Division [...]

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In case you missed them, here are last week’s most popular articles on the Vanarelli Law Office Blog: What Does A Court Mean When Litigants Are Ordered To “Mediate In Good Faith?” – This post discusses two recent non-NJ courts who have taken a look at what constitutes “good faith” when parties involved in a [...]

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Each year, the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) presents the ABA Techshow, billed as “the world’s premier legal technology conference and exposition.” This year, like each of the 23 prior years in which the ABA Techshow was held, I did not attend. However, this year, unlike years past, I actually [...]

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Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq., with offices at 242 St. Paul Street, Westfield, NJ, has been selected as a “New Jersey Super Lawyer” in the areas of Elder Law and Special Needs Planning in 2010.  This year, only 23 attorneys in New Jersey were selected as “Super Lawyers” in the practice area of Elder Law and [...]

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Heriberto Pumarejo transferred the ownership of his home to his son, Herbert Pumarejo, Jr., for one dollar. About two years later, Mr. Pumarejo became a patient at the Arnold Walter Nursing Home. Kathryn Pumarejo, Herbert’s wife and the resident’s representative, signed an agreement in which she agreed to pay all nursing home bills that were [...]

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As you know, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), is a needs-based government benefit program which provides monthly cash assistance to aged, blind or disabled individuals who have limited income and resources. Individuals over age 65 automatically meet the “aged” requirement. Adults who assert eligibility as “blind” or [...]

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The following list contains some of the most frequently encountered issues faced by parents of a child with special needs who wish to arrange a secure future for their disabled child through estate planning. Don’t disinherit the child with special needs. Carefully consider the division of assets among all of the children. Understand the differences [...]

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