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23 Jul 2024, 1:00 am by Eric C. Nordby
According to the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) 214-A, a patient has 2 years and 6 months to pursue a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York for a delayed breast cancer diagnosis. [read post]
17 Nov 2022, 3:52 pm by Phillips & Associates
The director, believing that the true reason for her termination was her age — she was in her late 60s — launched a civil lawsuit against her employer for age discrimination in violation of the New York State Human Rights Act and the New York City Human Rights Act. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 2:08 pm by Phillips & Associates
Multiple employment laws in New York City prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sex, which includes sexual harassment. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 1:00 pm
Gerald Lebovits is a judge of the New York City Civil Court and an adjunct professor at Columbia, Fordham, and New York University law schools. [read post]
The New York Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (A8352/S7428), if passed, will be the first US law to explicitly place sustainability requirements aimed at large fashion companies. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 7:23 am by Phillips & Associates
New York City’s employment anti-discrimination statute includes both gender identity and gender expression, making it one of the most extensive such laws in the country. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 11:36 am by hlpronline
The package of legislation comes in the wake of a recent report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA which found that New York state has the most segregated schools in the country. [read post]
9 Jan 2025, 11:00 am by Leonard L. Gordon and Micah Wallen
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York attorney general announced a settlement with Handy Technologies, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company engaged in an array of unfair and deceptive practices that violated Section 5 of the FTC Act and New York advertising laws. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 8:40 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
But as a nine-page Q&A released by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) last Tuesday explains, Gov. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 9:12 pm
Feb. 6, 2009), is an important decision dealing with the statute of limitations under New York Civil Service Law. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 8:05 am by Hilf & Hilf, PLC
 The letter is usually from a lawyer or law firm that often is not even from the state of Michigan (for example, for Walmart cases in Michigan involving alleged shoplifting the law offices of Michael Iran Asen, P.C. in Greenvale, New York handles these civil matters). [read post]
15 May 2012, 8:30 am by Michael O'Hear
Last week, the New York Civil Liberties Union released a report on police stops in New York City, prompting a New York Times editorial yesterday that was quite critical of the police. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 8:19 am by Judicial Watch Blog
In the latest move to protect illegal immigrants who speak only Spanish, a rural New York town will be sued by a taxpayer-subsidized civil rights group if it doesn’t rescind a new law requiring that all official government business be conducted in English. [read post]
17 Aug 2008, 5:01 am
Layoff considerations Civil Service Law Sections 80 and 81-A; Education Law Sections 2510; 3013 The financial difficulties faced by the State and its political subdivisions has generated concern that public employers may have to abolish jobs resulting in layoffs. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 10:06 am by Matthew Parham
  (General Obligation Law 5-327 provides that any time a consumer contract provides for attorneys' fees to be awarded against the consumer, the consumer is automatically reciprocally entitled to fees if he or she prevails.)Party may request change of venue in amended complaint. [read post]
15 May 2017, 12:52 pm by Salvatore Gangemi of Murtha Cullina LLP
 In light of this reality, New York City enacted the “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” (“FIFA”), which took effect on May 15, 2017. [read post]
19 Sep 2023, 12:50 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Under a recently enacted New York statute, wage theft is considered a form of “larceny” under the state’s penal law. [read post]