Back in May 2022, we wrote about a surge of new employment laws and amendments to existing employment statutes in New York State and New York City. Since then, New York State and New York City have continued to enact a wave...more
On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1278, which was passed by the New York State Senate earlier this month, prohibiting certain non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants in New York. The...more
Most employers are generally familiar with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), which offers protection to workers by requiring employers to provide notice sixty (60) days in advance of...more
Over the past year there has been a surge of new employment laws and amendments to existing employment statutes in New York State and New York City. They place additional obligations on New York employers and expand certain...more
On November 8, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S2628) which requires New York employers who monitor employee telephone conversations, emails, and internet usage to provide notice of such monitoring to new...more
On September 10, 2021, we alerted New York employers in a QuickStudy about COVID-19 being officially designated as an “airborne infectious disease” under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (commonly referred to as...more
The New York Health and Essential Rights Act (commonly referred to as the “HERO Act”), which was enacted in May 2021, requires all New York employers to adopt a workplace safety plan for all airborne infectious diseases and...more
While New York employers continue to navigate the daily challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must remain cognizant of updates to New York laws and their effective dates. This QuickStudy focuses on the enactment of New...more
Click Here for PDF As anticipated in our recent QuickStudy concerning certain actions taken by the New Jersey legislature and Governor Murphy to combat the effect of the coronavirus on New Jersey employers and their...more
To combat the effect of the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on New Jersey employers and their employees, last week lawmakers advanced several bills to Governor Murphy for his signature.In doing so, the legislature made it clear it...more
In recent months, New York has implemented several changes to its discrimination and sexual harassment law, many of which are effective in the coming month....more
The New Jersey Supreme Court, by its decision in Dugan v. TGI Fridays, Inc., No. A-92-15, 2017 WL 4399352 (N.J. 2017),1 has provided businesses the latest tool in defending putative class actions under New Jersey’s...more
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a proposed class action against online retailer, J. Crew Group, Inc., alleging that the company’s website Terms and Conditions violated New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty,...more
Facebook, Inc. recently dodged a putative class action alleging that it violated New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”) when a California federal court dismissed a New Jersey resident’s...more
In recent months, federal and state courts in New Jersey have been faced with numerous motions to dismiss class action complaints alleging that online retailers’ website terms and conditions violate New Jersey’s...more
10/31/2016
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This past year, the plaintiffs’ bar has been aggressively pursuing class action claims under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract and Warranty Notification Act (“TCCWNA”), N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq.—presumably because of...more
Companies doing business in New Jersey—through traditional brick-and-mortar operations or internet sales—must be mindful of the State’s changing consumer protection landscape thanks to a series of recent and anticipated...more
New Jersey restaurant-goers alleging that TGI Friday’s, Inc. (TGIF) violated state consumer protection laws by omitting drink prices from its menus will have to proceed with their claims individually after the New Jersey...more
Doing business in New Jersey just got thornier. Recent decisions broadly interpreting the New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA), N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq., have spawned a flurry of pre-suit...more
3/8/2016
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Contract Terms ,
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Internet Retailers ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Truth in Advertising ,
Truth in Consumer Contracts Laws ,
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