Basic Facts of the Case: In State v. Burkert, a Union County, NJ corrections officer named William Burkert was convicted of two counts of harassment after making and posting flyers about his fellow corrections officer and coworker, Gerald Halton. The flyers contained modified wedding photos of Halton and his wife...

Here on the Law Office of Eric M. Mark Blog, we recently published this blog, the first part of a two-part blog series on recent changes to New Jersey’s expungement laws. As discussed in the first part of this blog, expungement laws in New Jersey are some of the strictest...

The December 20, 2017 New York Times article “Without New Laws or Walls, Trump Presses the Brake on Legal Immigration” insinuates that the Trump Administration is purposely slowing down the H1-B visa process by drowning potential immigrants in paperwork and red tape. (more…)

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (commonly called “DACA”) is an immigration program that was started during the Obama Administration. On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced the creation of the DACA program. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), “The [DACA] program allows certain...

The December 20, 2017 New York Times article “Without New Laws or Walls, Trump Presses the Brake on Legal Immigration” insinuates that the Trump Administration is purposely slowing down the H1-B visa process by drowning potential immigrants in paperwork and red tape. (more…)