Recently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) released a new rule assigning a fiduciary standard to retirement advisors. The rule heightens the duty of care for financial advisors who deal with retirement accounts, imposing a standard which expressly requires that the advisor acts in the client’s best...
On April 4, 2016, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law the Paid Family Leave Act (PFL) as part of a significant expansion of employee rights, including a new $15 state minimum wage and amendments to workers’ compensation law. PFL will apply to full-time and part-time employees...
February 22, 2016, New York, NY — On February 19, 2015, a lawyer for Morgan Stanley requested that a New York federal judge dismiss Feldman-Boland, et al. v. Morgan Stanley, et al. The suit, filed by Jaime Feldman-Boland and James Boland, who are represented by RPL Partner Alice K. Jump,...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen has been invited to be a guest speaker at the SUNY Levin Institute on October 29 to discuss various start-up issues with a select group of entrepreneurs who have been chosen to attend FastTrac New Venture for the Female Entrepreneur, an intensive 10-session program offered...
On Tuesday, October 27, RPL Partners Mark H. Moore and Deena R. Merlen will be speaking at a CLE program titled, “Monitoring And Investigating Employees in the Workplace: Opportunities for the Vigilant and Traps for the Unwary.” Ms. Merlen is the moderator and Mr. Moore is one of two panelists who...
RPL Partner Nicole Page shares insights about recent lawsuits brought by unpaid interns in this Forbes article titled “Can You Afford To Have Unpaid Interns?” published on August 17, 2015.
On July 24, 2015, RPL attorneys Niki Cubides and Ally Grein presented on the topic of intellectual property protection to Learning Curve, a start-up accelerator for teens, to make exploring opportunities in “STEAMD” (Science Tech Engineering Art Math Design) engaging and meaningful. The presentation, which was held at New York...
On July 22, 2015, RPL attorneys Niki Cubides and Ally Grein spoke to over 100 aspiring entrepreneurs selected to join Venture for America, a fellowship program that places top recent grads at startup companies in economically challenged cities across the United States. The presentation covered employment law considerations for startup...
On Tuesday, May 19, RPL Partners Nicole Page and Lawrence Brocchini discussed Employee Misclassification: How to Protect Your Company from Labor Issues and Liabilities for Anchin, Block & Anchin's semi-annual "CPE for CFO's" seminar. This presentation covered the perils of worker misclassification in New York, focusing on frequently overlooked nuances...
On April 29, 2015, Allison M. Grein and Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis presented to a group of students at the Friends Seminary School in Manhattan on "Inclusion and Exclusion in the Law." This discussion covered a variety of legal topics, from the recent marriage equality arguments before the United States...