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On April 4, 2016, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a bill, N.Y. State Senate Bill No. 3004-A, N.Y. State Assembly Bill No. A. 3870A (the "paid family leave law" or the "new law") which, effective January 1, 2018, requires all private employers in New York State and many public employers in New York State to…Read More
Manufacturing Company In New Jersey Obtains $270,000 Default Judgment For Breach Of Sales Contracts Recently, in a lawsuit in New Jersey state court for breach of 177 contracts for sale, I obtained, on behalf of the seller, a plastics manufacturer in New Jersey, a final judgment by default against the buyer, an office products company, for compensatory damages of $247,691.46,…Read More
On April 4, 2016, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a state budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, N.Y. State Senate Bill No. S06406C, N.Y. State Assembly Bill No. A09006C ("the Act" or "the new law"). The Act includes a provision, Part K, which, over a period of three to six years -- depending on the county…Read More
National Labor Relations Board Dismisses Charge Alleging That Corporate Owner Of Apartment Building In New York City Fired The Building's Superintendent For Organizing A Union Recently, I was retained by the corporate owner (the "Company" or "my corporate client") of a six-story residential apartment building in Bronx County, New York City, to defend a charge which the building's former superintendent…Read More
On March 28, 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, into law, Local Laws 35, 36, and 37 of 2016 ("Local Law 35," "Local Law 36," and "Local Law 37," respectively; collectively, the "new Laws"), which, effective immediately, strengthen employees' rights and remedies under the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y. City Admin. Code §§ 8-101 –…Read More
County In New Jersey Dismisses Disciplinary Charges Against Director Who Blew The Whistle On Health Care Facility's Unlawful Refusal To Remedy Safety Hazards To Patients In spring 2014, I was approached by the director (the "health care facility's director," the "director" or "my director client") of a large health care facility owned and operated by a county within the State…Read More
On October 22, 2015, the New York State Division on Human Rights (the "Division on Human Rights," the "Division," or the "NYSDHR") issued a then-proposed regulation prohibiting employers with four or more employees from firing or refusing to hire an individual, and from discriminating against an individual in compensation or in the terms and conditions of employment, because of the…Read More
FINRA Declines To Fine, Suspend or Expel Broker In New Jersey Who Repeatedly Wrote The Payment Amount And The Date On Copies Of IRA Distribution Request Forms Which Twelve Customers Had Signed And Otherwise Had Completed In fall 2014, I was approached by a retail broker ("the broker" or "my broker client") who, after an internal investigation, recently had been…Read More
Effective January 1, 2016, a new statute requires non-governmental employers with 20 or more full-time employees in New York City to offer full-time employees the opportunity to use pre-tax earnings to purchase qualified transportation fringe benefits, other than qualified parking, in accordance with federal law. Also effective January 1, 2016, under federal law, an employee may elect to use a…Read More
The New Jersey Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, N.J.S.A. §§ 25:2-20 – 25:2-34 (the "NJUFTA") separately defines (i) transfers which are fraudulent as to both present and future creditors and (ii) transfers which are fraudulent as to present creditors only. Specifically, under the New Jersey Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, a transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as…Read More