April 11, 2018

Recently, the New York Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff seeking partial summary judgement on liability in a personal injury, injury to property, or wrongful death action doesn’t have the burden of proving that …

Recent guidance from the New York Court of Appeals tells us that private social media accounts may not be as protected as we thought. Protecting information you post online no longer is as simple as double-checking your pr…

A recent decision by a New York court reminds us that it is crucial for commercial property owners to protect themselves from claims involving their tenants. In the case, a contractor hired by a deli tenant to paint a sign…

The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees and applicants with disabilities. The ADA’s protections also extend to individuals discriminated…

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) is a federal law that regulates the financial services industry. Dodd-Frank includes a wide range of regulations intended to protect consumers. T…

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is the federal law that makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based on certain protected characteristics. Specifically, Title VII prohibits employers from discri…

As human resource professionals know, when employees get involved in romantic relationships it can be an employment law nightmare. It’s likely that the employees won’t think much about their decision at first. Should their…

As if an HR professional’s role isn’t already fraught with peril, it’s important to guard against the inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information contained on employee W-2 forms.  While that’s c…

As the countdown to the January 1st effective date of New York’s new Paid Family Leave law wound down, we fielded some great client questions we thought would be useful to our readers. Here they are. What if an emplo…