John M. O’ConnorMember of the FirmEpstein Becker & Green, P.C.Websitewww.ebglaw.comOrganization ProfileFull ProfileConnectEmail973-639-8547 Professional Biography JOHN M. O'CONNOR is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice in the firm's Newark office. He concentrates on employment, labor, and employee benefits law. More Legal and Business Bylines From John M. O’Connor Massachusetts High Court To Weigh In on Forfeiture-for-Solicitation Provisions in Era of Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act - (Posted On Friday, March 14, 2025) New Jersey Extends Benefits and Protections to Workers Impacted by COVID-19 - (Posted On Friday, March 27, 2020) New Jersey Enacts Anti-Retaliation Protections to Workers Impacted by COVID-19 - (Posted On Monday, March 23, 2020) Second Circuit Agrees with NLRB That Employee’s Vulgar Facebook Tirade Against Manager Is Protected Concerted Activity - (Posted On Friday, June 30, 2017) First Circuit Reverses NLRB: Rude Employee Is Not Immune from Termination Solely Because He Was Engaged in Protected Activity - (Posted On Monday, June 12, 2017) New York City Tells Fast Food Employees: “You Deserve A Break Today” By Enacting New Fair Workweek Laws - (Posted On Saturday, June 03, 2017) Predictive Scheduling Finally Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple - (Posted On Wednesday, May 31, 2017) NLRB Tells Non-Union Workers: “Stop Your ‘Weining’- You Have No Weingarten Rights” - (Posted On Tuesday, May 16, 2017) Age Discrimination in Employment Act: 50 Really Is the New 40 - (Posted On Tuesday, January 17, 2017) Retail Employment: You Snooze, You Don’t Necessarily Lose - (Posted On Monday, October 10, 2016) Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis False Claims Act Whistleblowers Poised to Combat Customs and Tariff Fraud by: Mary Jane Wilmoth Ninth Circuit En Banc Reverses Panel Decision and Holds Non-Resident Corporation Providing Web-Based Payment Processing Platform Is Subject to Specific Personal Jurisdiction in California by: John P. Stigi III , Tori D. Kutzner Lessons from the FTC: The Cleo AI Settlement by: Liisa M. Thomas , Kathryn Smith Mandating English Proficiency for Truck Drivers: Trump EO Shifts Policy for Transportation Industry by: Katharine C. Weber , Sean C. Herring Supreme Court Clarifies ERISA Prohibited Transaction Pleading Standards by: Sung Cheol Sam Park , Stacey C.S. Cerrone A Common Denominator Governs the Medicare Fraction - SCOTUS Today by: Stuart M. Gerson Court Affirms A Trial Court’s Order Granting A Receiver’s Request To Sell Real Property by: David Fowler Johnson Court Affirmed Probate Order On The Ownership Of Farm Equipment Which Depended On The Location Of The Equipment At The Time Of The Decedent’s Death by: David Fowler Johnson EPA Outlines Actions to Address PFAS by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver to Allow Sale of E15 This Summer by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Carla N. Hutton Mexico’s Federal Executive Proposes Reforms to Competition Law by: Miguel Flores Bernés , Valery Dayne García Zavala Prospective Written Meal Period Waivers Survive, California Court Affirms Enforceability by: Lynn R. Fiorentino , Daniel J. McQueen Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 76: Two Circuit Cases on Trade Secret Identification, Proof of Misappropriation and Contractual Damages Waivers [Podcast] by: Jordan D. Grotzinger California’s Workplace Violence Law, Part II: Top FAQs One Year Into SB 553 [Podcast] by: Robert C. Rodriguez , Karen Tynan Colorado Bill Would Ban Restrictive Covenants With Healthcare Providers by: David L. Zwisler Upcoming Events Apr 30 2025 Workplace Horizons 2025 May 6 2025 Legal AI Demo Day Hosted by WashU Law School and Wickard Apr 30 2025 The Wheel Has Turned: Changes to U.S. Immigration in the First 100 Days May 1 2025 2025 Advanced Pesticides Seminar Print