The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 37 - Vintage or Trendsetting? The SDNY's Whistleblower Pilot Program
3 Key Takeaways | New York State Bar Association IP Section Annual Meeting
Nonprofit Quick Tip: Registration in New York and New Jersey
#WorkforceWednesday: Noncompete Bans Spread to New York and Beyond - Employment Law This Week®
NYS Considers Ban of Non-Compete Agreements in the Shadow of the FTC's Proposed Nationwide Ban
#WorkforceWednesday: Major Updates to New York State’s Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy - Employment Law This Week®
The Chartwell Chronicles: Medical Provider Claims
Spending New York’s $4.2 Billion Environmental Bond Funds
The Latest Developments with NYS Concealed Carry Rules
Evidence Preservation: Handling the Issues in New York and New Jersey
New York Gun Legislation and Its Impact on Employers
Updates to New York Quarantine Rules and Their Impact on COVID-19 Paid Leave - Complimentary Webinar
Update and Discussion on Practical and Legal Issues - NYS Paid Sick Leave, NYC Employment Law Update, New Whistleblower Law, COVID19
#WorkforceWednesday: Update on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Rules and NY and NYC Vaccine Mandates - Employment Law This Week®
One of the biggest challenges to states meeting ambitious Clean Energy Standards is local opposition to large scale projects, something we’ve written about previously. The federal government and many state legislatures have...more
The end of the 2024 New York State legislative session was largely overshadowed by Governor Hochul’s directive to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to halt the implementation of congestion pricing indefinitely,...more
The 2024 New York State legislative session has concluded. The end of the session was largely overshadowed by Governor Hochul’s directive to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to halt the implementation of congestion...more
Earlier this week, the NYS Senate and Assembly unveiled their “one-house budget proposals” in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal in January. The one-house budget includes several proposals related to...more
On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation passed by New York lawmakers this past summer, which sought to ban nearly all non-competition agreements state-wide (as previously reported here). In a memo...more
On December 22, 2023, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S7476, which provided that a foreign corporation’s application for authority to do business in New York constitutes consent to jurisdiction of New York...more
On December 22, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed S3100, a bill which would have prohibited virtually all contractual noncompete agreements restricting workers’ ability to leave their job for a role with a rival...more
The New York State Supreme Court has held the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the “commission”) is unconstitutional in violation of the separation of powers. The ruling comes in Cuomo v. New...more
On June 20, 2023, the New York State Legislature passed a bill which, if signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, will impose a blanket ban on—and render unlawful—all future noncompete agreements in New York. As explained more fully...more
On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed bill A01278 (the “Bill”), which, if it goes into effect, will ban the use of new employee non-compete agreements in New York. The New York State Senate already passed the...more
A sweeping bill that would effectively ban all newly entered non-compete agreements (and potentially impact provisions and agreements that act as a de facto non-compete) for all employees, regardless of wage or income level,...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature have reached an agreement on the state’s fiscal year 2024 budget legislation. Most surprisingly, the legislation grants the New York State Department of...more
On Monday, New York entered a third week of extended budget negotiations as legislative leaders and Governor Kathy Hochul continued to work toward a resolution regarding several larger issues, reportedly including those...more
On Monday, April 10, legislators returned to Albany to take up a new round of budget extender bills, as New York State entered its second week of negotiations past the state’s statutory April 1 deadline for on-time budgets....more
The City and State of New York have made a handful of announcements regarding plans to roll out imminent changes to the real estate development process to help encourage development and tackle the City’s affordable housing...more
On December 12, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) announced that it would delay the date of its enforcement of the New York City Automated Employment Decision Tools Law (“AEDTL”)...more
On June 2, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (Act). Largely patterned after New York City’s own, identically named law, the Act would amend the New York Labor Law to specify, among other...more
On Friday evening, the New York State Legislature concluded a two-day extraordinary legislative session called by Governor Hochul in response to two recent Supreme Court decisions. The legislature had been initially called...more
Governor Kathy Hochul has called an extraordinary session of the Legislature in Albany to begin on Thursday, June 30. The session is being held in an effort to discuss the impacts of the New York State Rifle & Pistol...more
The New York State Assembly adjourned in the morning hours of Saturday, June 4, following the State Senate, which concluded early on Friday, June 3, thereby drawing to a close the 2022 legislative session. (Note: The...more
On March 10, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) introduced the Seeding Opportunity Initiative (“SOI”). This regulation would provide key opportunities...more
After significant pushback from insurers and defendants, in late February the New York Legislature made amendments that reduce the burden of some of the original disclosure requirements of the Comprehensive Insurance...more
On October 28, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation substantially broadening New York’s whistleblower statute. Specifically, while the statute previously protected only current employees in...more
On November 8, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Consumer Credit Fairness Act (Act) (S.153/A.2382). The Act contains a series of amendments to New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) that...more
On June 10, 2021, the New York legislature passed a bill allowing customers to subscribe to certain community distributed generation (CDG) projects sited outside of their utility service territory, a practice known as...more