20 Jun, 2024 NY State Department of Labor Updates Model Breast Milk Expression Policy By Howard Lavin Effective June 19, 2024, every New York State employer is required to provide paid break time of up to 30 minutes and permit the use of...
19 Jul, 2024 NYC Council Introduces Sweeping Pay Data Reporting Bill By Howard Lavin On July 18, 2024, a bill was introduced in the New York City Council that would require New York City employers with 25 or more employees...
25 Jun, 2024 NLRB Joins the Fray in Crackdown on Restrictive Covenants By Howard Lavin As we previously shared, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new nationwide Final Rule banning the use of non-competes by...
24 Jun, 2024 SCOTUS Grants Cert to Resolve Split on Sovereign Immunity for Fraudulent Conveyance Claims By Joe Orbach This morning, the United States Supreme Court granted the U.S. government's certiorari petition in U.S. v. David L. Miller Order List...
16 May, 2024 When Payment in Full Isn't What You Hoped For ... By Joe Orbach In the abstract, unsecured creditors receiving 100% of what their claim is (plus interest!) is the best possible outcome in a bankruptcy...
01 May, 2024 Delaware Court Rejects "Portfolio Theory" Regarding Directors' Fiduciary Rights By Barry Fischer The Delaware Chancery Court rejected an attempt to hold directors of Meta liable for the implications their social media products have to...
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...
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,...
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...