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New York's Scaffold Law—Labor Law § 240 (1), in particular—has the pendulum swinging back-and-forth more frequently than New York courts' interpretation of other statutes. [read post]
18 May 2023, 7:50 am by Dan Farber
Suppose a company wants to build a new electric vehicle factory in New York. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 6:53 am by Resnick Law Group, P.C.
Several bills currently pending in the New Jersey Legislature could make substantial changes to state laws dealing with employees’ rights in the workplace. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 8:49 pm
The denial of a statutory right to a speedy trial in a New York traffic violation case is yet another example of the New York Judiciary completely disregarding the laws duly enacted by the Legislature and imposing their own will. [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 12:44 pm
A special commission created by the New Jersey legislature late in 2005 is recommending that that state abolish its death penalty, according to CNN, New York Times, and Findlaw articles this morning.The commission, charged with "studying all aspects of the death penalty as currently administered in the State of New Jersey," released its final report Tuesday, citing that "there is no compelling evidence that (New… [read post]
16 Mar 2021, 4:27 pm by Phillips & Associates
The New York State Legislature included it in the state’s antidiscrimination law the same year. [read post]
10 Mar 2022, 12:33 pm by Ezra Rosser
After the New York State Legislature made these tenant protections stronger than ever before in 2019, affected landlords responded by petitioning the courts to dismantle the entire rent regulation regime. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 9:35 am by Jordan Steinberg
As accident attorneys specializing in New York’s labor laws, we point to New York Labor Law Section 240 (the Scaffold law), 241(6) (Industrial Code Violations), and some others as key pieces of legislature protecting New York’s Construction workers. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
That law authorizes private enforcement of Texas’s facially unconstitutional law.As The New York Timesdescribed it, “By empowering everyday people and expressly banning enforcement by state officials, the law, known as S.B. 8, was designed to escape judicial review in federal court. [read post]
21 Mar 2018, 7:12 am by Courtney M. Bowman
Bowman In November 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman introduced the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act (the “Act”) in the state’s Legislature. [read post]
21 Feb 2021, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
None passed until April 2020, when the legislature passed the Child-Parent Security Act, a law designed to modernize New York’s parentage laws, which had grown increasingly out of step with those in other states. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 12:28 pm
Given the current financial outlook in New York State, it's no wonder that the Legislature has chosen to side for cutting costs to employers at the expense of severely diminishing the injured workers' right to secure necessary medical treatment. [read post]
8 May 2015, 5:53 pm by Reproductive Rights
The New York Times: State Legislatures Put Up Flurry of Roadblocks to Abortion, by Frances Robles: Oklahoma’s governor this week approved a law extending to 72 hours the mandatory waiting period before a woman can have an abortion. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 4:59 pm by Rosenbaum & Associates
As a Pennsylvania nursing home lawyer, I was interested to read an article about an ongoing debate in the state legislature on cutting Medicaid costs to balance the budget. [read post]