April 6, 2012 What is the Davis-Bacon Act? The Davis-Bacon Act ("Act") applies to contractors and subcontractors working on federally funded or assisted...

March 25, 2012 Second Circuit (Federal Court Controlling New York) Clarifies When The 90-Day Statute of Limitations For Bringing An Employment Discrimination Suit Begins To Run In Tiberio v. Allergy Asthma Immunology of Rochester, (2d Cir. December 20, 2011), the United...

March 19, 2012 Are Employment Arbitration Agreements that Contain Class Action and Collective Action Waivers Enforceable in New York? In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (April 27, 2011), the U.S. Supreme...

March 16, 2012 New York Labor Law Specifically Limits Preclusive Effect of Unemployment Decisions in Subsequent Lawsuits Against Same Employer People frequently ask me whether they can sue their former employer for discrimination even though...

January 20, 2012 Second Circuit Reinforces High Standard Necessary To Enforce Non-Compete Agreements in New York On November 3, 2011, in Int'l Business Machines Corp. v. Visentin, the Second Circuit Court...

January 12, 2012 New York Recognizes At-Will Employees' Right to Bring Tortious Interference Claims in Limited Circumstances New York law does recognize that "the at-will relationship entails certain limited rights, including the...