The New York State Senate recently passed the No Severance Ultimatums Act (the “Act”) which would substantially change the law with regard to how employers pay severance to their employees working in New York....more
Some forty years ago this author litigated a precedent setting case in the United States District Court in Newark, New Jersey and in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Among numerous reported decisions in...more
The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, __ U.S. __ (2024), overturning the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, drastically reshapes administrative law....more
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The reversal of the 2020 rape conviction of Harvey Weinstein was a major blow to the Me Too Movement his conduct helped start. Whether New York’s highest court was correct in its 4 to 3 decision will nevertheless force the...more
Those in the greater New York metropolitan area felt an earthquake a few weeks ago. There was a much stronger one that will be felt for years to come across the United States. It resulted from the Non-Compete Clause Final...more
A recent decision of the Delaware Supreme Court is worth noting considering how many corporations choose Delaware for their choice-of-law provision in contracts. This pro-employer decision is a welcome change to corporations...more
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