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By: Megan J. Muoio, June 2, 2017 On March 27, 2017, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided in favor of the...
By: Megan J. Muoio, May 1, 2017 Employers should be apprised of several pieces of legislation currently pending in Congress which would affect paid leave policies for their employees. While it...
By: Megan J. Muoio, April 3, 2017 On March 27, 2017, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the case of Christiansen...
By: Megan J. Muoio, October 31, 2016 On October 25, 2016, the White House issued a “call to action” to states regarding non-compete agreements. The call to action was the result...
By: Megan J. Muoio, May 26, 2016 On May 18, 2016, President Barack Obama announced that the Department of Labor will be finalizing a new rule expanding the payment of overtime...
Nicholas Fortuna, April 28, 2016 This week, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) which is an expansion of the Economic Espionage Act. The legislation had wide bipartisan support and...
By: Megan J. Muoio, March 7, 2016 Currently pending before the Supreme Court is Green v. Brennan, a case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that...
Diana Uhimov, February 23, 2016 The Compassionate Care Act (CCA) was signed into law in New York in 2014, making New York the 23rd state in the U.S. to legalize medical...
Diana Uhimov, January 7, 2016 On December 19, 2015, the New York City Commission on Human Rights announced that the city’s Human Rights Law would establish among the strongest protections in...
Paula Lopez, October 23, 2015. As noted in a previously posted blog dated May 12, 2015, New York City passed the New York City Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act (“SCDEA”),...