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McLaughlin & Stern, LLP is representing a proposed class of non-exempt employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in a lawsuit against the CDCR and the State of California for allegedly failing to pay them for all hours worked. The lawsuit claims that they, and other hourly […]

Mollie Hartman Lustig, a Partner with the Firm, was named to InsiderNJ 2022 Insider 100: Cannabis Power List. This list, compiled by InsiderNJ columnist Jay Lassiter, includes 100 individuals who are considered to be the most politically influential voices in New Jersey’s cannabis movement. Ms. Hartman Lustig also chairs McLaughlin […]

Simply put, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it is causing psychological and physical harm. The term addiction does not only refer to dependence on substances such as heroin or cocaine. According to SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]

Survivors of childhood sexual abuse may turn to alcohol or other substances in an attempt to relieve their emotional suffering, in other words to “self-medicate”.  More and more clinical studies support what many working in both the fields of substance abuse treatment and working with child abuse survivors have long […]

Todd Hesekiel recently successfully represented the defendant executor of an estate, along with the executor’s two siblings, in a real estate litigation matter that arose when the executor sought to sell real property and distribute 50% of the proceeds to his sister (the plaintiff) and 50% to the defendants (himself […]