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Legal Rights of the Disabled
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Oct

Class Action Challenging Medicare’s “Improvement Standard” Settled, Easing Coverage Rules for Beneficiaries

October 24, 2012
The settlement of Jimmo v. Sebelius, Docket No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt., January 18, 2011), a nationwide...
17
Sep

New Veterans Are Going Online For Comaraderie And Information

September 17, 2012
New veterans are going online to find camaraderie or get their questions answered. Some websites...
09
Jul

Psychiatric Advance Directives

July 9, 2012
Today, most states authorize the use of some form of psychiatric advance directive (PAD). PADs...
29
Jun

In 5 to 4 Ruling, United States Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

June 29, 2012
In a landmark ruling released on Thursday, June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court...
23
May

9th Circuit Dismisses Veterans’ Lawsuit, Ruling That Congress, Not The Court, Is Responsible For Fixing The VA’s Mental Health Care And Compensation Benefit Systems

May 23, 2012
Last year, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...
04
Jan

Non-Custodial Parent’s Establishment Of A Special Needs Trust For Child Would Not Justify Elimination Of That Parent’s Child Support Obligation

January 4, 2012
In Bond v. Bond, the Appellate Division considered whether a non-custodial parent’s creation of a...
04
Dec

Podcast of Guest Interview on The Caring Generation, An Internet Radio Show

December 4, 2011
  Several weeks ago, on Sunday, November 20th, I was a guest on The Caring...
19
Oct

New Jersey Federal Court Rules Life Estate Purchase May Be Uncompensated Transfer, Subjecting Medicaid Applicant to Gift Penalty

October 19, 2011
Federal district court in New Jersey denied a Medicaid applicant’s request for an injunction directing...
03
Oct

Top 10 New Jersey Elder And Disability Law Cases In 2011

October 3, 2011
(The 14th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium was held on September 21, 2011 at...
30
Sep

Federal Court Orders New Jersey’s Department of Human Services To Pay Attorneys’ Fees For Filing Frivolous Answer

September 30, 2011
Plaintiff, Disability Rights New Jersey (“DRNJ”) filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Newark,...
16
Aug

Low-Income Tenant Victorious in Lawsuit Preventing Housing Authority From Counting Distributions From Special Needs Trust As Income

August 16, 2011
An aged, low-income tenant with disabilities recently prevailed in a lawsuit filed against the Santa...
03
Aug

The Creation Of A Health Care Proxy Under New York Law Does Not Trigger An Agent’s Authority To Make Health Care Decisions

August 3, 2011
Rita Stein, on behalf of herself and as executrix of the estate of her deceased...
14
Jun

Bank Account for Disabled Grandson Is Not Available Asset Under Medicaid Rules

June 14, 2011
In an unpublished, per curiam decision, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that a grant...
26
Dec

Top Ten (10) New Jersey Cases Involving Special Needs Trusts / Disability Planning Decided In 2010 (And A Few Cases Decided In 2009)

December 26, 2010
    Here are my selections for the top ten (10) New Jersey cases involving...
02
Sep

My Latest Article, Entitled “Client Capacity – Assessment and Advocacy,” Published In The New Jersey Lawyer Magazine

September 2, 2010
Lawyers who regularly deal with elderly and disabled clients like I do often confront the...
19
Jul

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Rules In Favor Of Alleged Incapacitated Person In Contested Guardianship Lawsuit, Dismissing Complaint Filed By Adult Child

July 19, 2010
For more than two years, I have been representing an elderly man in a contested...
19
Feb

Don Vanarelli’s Unofficial List of the TOP TEN REASONS TO ATTEND THIS YEAR’S ELDER LAW RETREAT

February 19, 2010
Don Vanarelli’s Unofficial List of the TOP TEN REASONS TO ATTEND THIS YEAR’S ELDER LAW...
12
Feb

New Jersey State Bar Association's 2010 Elder Law Retreat

February 12, 2010
Each year, the Elder and Disability Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association...
10
Feb

Plaintiff Stated A Claim Under The ADA When NJ Refused To Raise The Income Cap Which Excluded Him From A Community Medicaid Program

February 10, 2010
In Duffy v. Velez, Civ. No. 09 – 5539 (D.N.J. 2010), plaintiff was a disabled...
23
Jan

Certain "Blue Water" Navy Vietnam Veterans Now Eligible For Agent Orange Presumptive Service-Connected Compensation Benefits

January 23, 2010
Agent Orange was an herbicide sprayed in Southeast Asia and other locations during the Vietnam...
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