By: Alice K. Jump and Cleopatra Elrashidy Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning noncompetes (employment clauses preventing employees from working within their field for a set amount of time after leaving their previous job) nationwide. According to the FTC, this decision is meant...
The FTC announced yesterday that a rule banning most non-compete agreements has been approved. Under the Non-Compete Clause Rule, existing non-competes for senior executives (which refers to workers earning more than $151,164 annually and who are in policy-making positions) can remain in force, but for-profit employers will be banned from...
Our Firm has recently reported (here and here) on courts’ application of the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to nonresident plaintiffs asserting employment discrimination claims, and specifically on courts’ interpretation of the rule announced in Hoffman v. Parade Publications...
In October 2021, on the active production set of ‘Rust,’ well-known actor, producer and executive producer Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun containing a live round, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring writer/director Joel Souza. On Monday, April 15, the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was sentenced to the maximum...
On Tuesday, March 19, Mr. Utevsky beat out five-time incumbent mayor Doug Dahlgard to become the new mayor and head of the Head of the Harbor Village government. Head of the Harbor Village, the former home of architect Stanford White, is located on the North Shore of Long Island. Mr....
The new federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been in effect for the past few months. A three-part series which was previously published on this website reviewed the many provisions of this law. In short, the CTA was enacted in order to combat fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime...
Feature documentary “Loud Enough—Surviving Justice” follows college student Madison Smith and her tight-knit family in deep-red Kansas as they gather national advocates and take on local prosecutors to fight for justice and systemic change. Following Smith’s violent sexual assault and strangulation, and ignoring substantial forensic evidence, County Prosecutors declined to...
Novel Audio’s unique and compelling podcast “The Girlfriends” recently won an Ambie in the Best True Crime Podcast category! The podcast, produced in tangent with the global nonprofit No More, tells the true story of a group of women who worked together to have Bob Bierenbaum, their murderous ex-boyfriend, put...
As we close Black History Month and Women’s History Month, we take this moment to honor a woman whose innovations are relied upon in many households and businesses today, while hers is still not a household name. Nearly 60 years ago in 1966, African American nurse Marie Van Brittan Brown...
Earlier this month, a New York state law took effect intended to restrict the extent to which employees’ personal social media accounts may be shared with current or prospective employers. The law, Assembly Bill (A) 00836/Senate Bill (S) 02518A, amends the State’s Labor Law to prohibit an employer from requesting...