16 Apr, 2024 EEOC releases Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act rules By Susan Lorenc The EEOC released its long-awaited final rule on the federal Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA"). Set to go into effect on April 19,...
19 Apr, 2024 New York Poised to Enact Paid Prenatal Leave By Howard Lavin This week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a conceptual agreement with leaders of the New York State Assembly and Senate on key provisions of...
20 Mar, 2024 USTPO Issues Means-Plus-Function Memorandum By Wil Holtz On March 18, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps regarding the...
15 Mar, 2024 New York City Jumps Into the Non-Compete Fray By Howard Lavin In the wake of Governor Hochul’s veto of a statewide ban on non-competition agreements, which we previously addressed, the New York City...
11 Mar, 2024 New York City Workers' Bill of Rights By Howard Lavin Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) released its Workers’ Bill of Rights, which...
19 Feb, 2024 CTA Reporting - Something You Need to Trust By Barry Fischer This article from Wolters Kluwer provides a good primer on some of the issues that trusts face under the new Corporate Transparency Act. ...
15 Feb, 2024 Learn More About the Corporate Transparency Act By Barry Fischer Under the terms of the newly implemented Corporate Transparency Act, by the end of this year, it is estimated that 32 million privately...
02 Feb, 2024 NY LLC Transparency Act Differs in Important Ways from the CTA By Barry Fischer Along with the new Corporate Transparency Act, New York passed a similar regime for Limited Liability Companies formed or registered to...
01 Feb, 2024 New FTC Cyber Complaint Shows New Approach By James Shreve The Federal Trade Commission on Feb. 1 entered a consent order to resolve a complaint alleging unfair and deceptive practices by...
31 Jan, 2024 New Joint Development Circular in Circulation! By Katie Kraft Time to toss your well-worn copy of FTA's Joint Development Circular (2020 edition)! The Federal Transit Administration just published...
23 Jan, 2024 NYC Safe and Sick Time Law Amended to Add Private Right of Action By Howard Lavin On January 20, 2024, the New York City Council enacted a bill that amends the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to...
12 Jan, 2024 An Exciting January for Administrative Law By Katie Kraft Here’s something to look forward to this month — on January 17, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases focused squarely on...
10 Jan, 2024 USPTO Says Wands is Still the Test Post-Amgen By Wil Holtz The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register on January 10, 2024, providing guidelines to assist...
10 Jan, 2024 Employee vs. Independent Contractor Under the Fair Labor Standards Act By Howard Lavin On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule defining the term “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor...
03 Jan, 2024 In M&A, Sellers Should Focus on Their Buyers, Too! By David Kaufman Sellers are often so eager to close the transaction, they overlook several crucial factors in any M&A process. We detail several of...
28 Dec, 2023 Salary Threshold Increases January 1, 2024 By Howard Lavin On December 27, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) finalized regulations increasing the salary threshold to be an exempt...
26 Dec, 2023 NY Governor Vetoes Ban of Non-Competes By Howard Lavin On December 23, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have prohibited employers from seeking, requiring,...