William R. Horwitz

Linda B. Katz, William R. Horwitz | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

The New Jersey Appellate Division has recognized an employer's duty, under certain circumstances, to investigate and stop an employee's unauthorized use of a workplace computer to access child pornography. Some observers have criticized the court's decision, in Doe v. XYZ Corporation , as creating...

David W. Garland, William R. Horwitz | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a recognized authority on electronic discovery, has issued another significant decision in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, et al. In an earlier decision, Judge Scheindlin addressed the legal standard...

Lynne Anne Anderson, William R. Horwitz | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

The New Jersey Supreme Court is currently reviewing a ruling that an employer may be liable for a retaliation claim if it fires an "at will" employee for refusing to enter into a restrictive covenant agreement. The ruling, in Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communications, Inc., places employers'...