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New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), a statewide, non-profit professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in the field of mediation, has launched a reduced-rate mediation clinic for divorcing couples to resolve the issues in their divorce while providing training for new mediators. Eligible couples...

The settlement of Jimmo v. Sebelius, Docket No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt., January 18, 2011), a nationwide class-action lawsuit, has resulted in a significant change in Medicare coverage rules. Under the settlement, Medicare will scrap a decades-old practice that required beneficiaries to show medical or functional improvement...

A state appeals court ruled that a will contestant waived the mediation privilege, prohibiting disclosure of mediation communications to non-participants, when both he and his opponent authorized the mediator to inform the trial judge of the results of the mediation. Rutigliano v. Rutigliano, Docket No....

A variety of the benefits sought by disabled veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) require the veteran to establish a connection between the veteran’s present disability and an event that occurred during the veteran’s active duty service. This is called establishing “service-connection.” Following...

In the usual case, a transfer of assets, or gift, by a Medicaid applicant made within five (5) years of the date of the Medicaid application will result in the imposition of a penalty, or period of ineligibility for Medicaid. N.J.A.C. 10:71-4.10(a) The length of...