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Look Out For That Pothole! New Law Signed This Week

Acting Governor Tahesa Way signed legislation this week requiring the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to report each year, the number of claims submitted for damage caused by potholes and also report the cost to New Jersey for repairing those potholes. The law also requires the NJDOT to provide a life cycle cost analysis for pavement surfaces. To view the legislation, please click here.

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Corporate Immigration Update: Key Developments Employers Should Know

Written By:
David H. Nachman, Esq.
Ludka Zimovcak, Esq.
Snehal Batra, Esq.
Samantha Oberstein, Esq.
Nachman, Phulwani, Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.

As the landscape of employment-based immigration continues to evolve, U.S. employers must stay alert to new policies, adjudication trends, and procedural shifts. While comprehensive immigration reform remains elusive, several regulatory and procedural changes are already reshaping how companies sponsor and retain foreign national talent.

Increased Scrutiny Under New Administration Policies

Since early 2025, immigration enforcement has intensified under new federal directives. Agencies are prioritizing:

Fraud prevention
Identity verification
National security screening

As a result:

Visa adjudications are becoming more rigorous
Processing delays and interview backlogs at U.S. consulates are increasing
Worksite compliance audits are on the rise—particularly for H-1B and L-1 employers

Employer Tip: Ensure all immigration documentation is accurate, complete, and ready for inspection.

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NJ’s 9/11 first responders get fresh chance at disability benefits

A new law enacted by Gov. Phil Murphy is giving a group of New Jersey’s 9/11 first responders a new chance to file for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Long-sought by the first-responder community, the law’s adoption comes just weeks before the latest commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York City.

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Small business AI adoption jumps to 68% as owners plan significant workforce growth in 2025

Small business owners are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to power their growth, with many saying it will lead to more job opportunities this year, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

About 68% of small business owners say they are already using AI, with another 9% planning to begin using it within the next year, according to new data from Goldman's 10,000 Small Businesses Voices survey.

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Companies are monitoring and enforcing office attendance at the highest rate in 5 years

In the past year, U.S. companies made more progress in getting employees back to the office than at any time since 2020, when the pandemic fundamentally changed the traditional work paradigm. This is according to a forthcoming report from CBRE, due out next week. While some employers have gone fully remote and some offer hybrid work opportunities, the push is on to get more workers back to the office.

Nearly three quarters of the 184 companies surveyed by CBRE said they have met their attendance goals, up from 61% last year. The share of companies monitoring attendance jumped to 69% this year from 45% last year, and those enforcing attendance policies rose to 37% from 17%. Companies in the survey said they want employees in the office an average of 3.2 days a week. Actual attendance, however, is slightly below that.

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Member News

BERKELEY COLLEGE EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
FOR COMMITMENT TO FIRST-GENERATION STUDENT SUCCESS

FirstGen Forward, formerly the Center for First-generation Student Success, recently announced Berkeley College as one of 60 new members of the FirstGen Forward Network for 2025-2026. To be selected as a FirstGen Forward Network Member, Berkeley College demonstrated a strong commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation college students.

“We are extremely honored to be selected as a member of the FirstGen Forward Network,” said Diane Recinos, EdD, President of Berkeley College. “By opening doors for first-generation college students, we are not only changing their lives – we are uplifting families and transforming communities. Each student’s journey lays a foundation for a brighter future.”

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LAN Announces New Service Offering with In-House Landscape Architecture Department

Full-service architecture and engineering firm, LAN Associates has announced a new service division, bringing landscape architecture in-house. This new team will work alongside LAN’s traditional architecture and site/civil engineering teams to shape outdoor environments.

By integrating site design with architectural and engineering strategies from a project’s outset, LAN’s licensed landscape architects will help ensure aesthetic unity, regulatory alignment, and cost efficiency.

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Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP Is Pleased to Welcome of Counsel Attorney to Firm
~ Law Firm Experiencing Unparalleled Expansion~

Florham Park, NJ - Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP is pleased to announce Kimberly D. Walsh, Of Counsel, has joined Schenck Price's Estate, Gift & Charitable Planning Practice Group. The firm is continuing its unprecedented growth.

Kimberly focuses her practice on assisting individuals and their families in all aspects of Estate Planning & Administration, including Medicaid. Kimberly is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's Personal and Family Financial Planning Program and has previously taught at Rutgers University School of Law and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory
A Neumann & Associates, LLC

Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, (August 7, 2025 ) – A Neumann & Associates, LLC, a New Jersey-based Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Brokerage firm, discusses the deal making outlook for the 2nd half of 2025

If you’re running a successful business in the service industry, or in trades like plumbing, HVAC, landscaping, or other boots-on-the-ground business, you’ve likely heard the whispers: “It’s a good time to sell.” Then again, you probably also heard that in 2021. And 2018. And from your brother-in-law who still thinks crypto is going to the moon.

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