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®
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
Two facially unrelated decisions, issued last week by the First Circuit and the Supreme Court, continued a recent theme of courts pushing back against potential prosecutorial overreach in the application of fraud...more
In a pair of criminal cases , the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch to the Justice Department’s prosecution of corruption cases based on violations of the criminal wire fraud statute. In Ciminelli v. U.S., and...more
On March 7, 2020, then Governor Andrew A. Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202, declaring a disaster emergency for the entire State of New York due to COVID-19. On March 20, 2020, Executive Order No. 202.8 was issued, which...more
One of the many lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is the lengthy tolling of statutes of limitations and legal deadlines. On March 20, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.8 to extend deadlines “for the...more
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th Governor of New York on August 24, becoming the first female Governor in New York’s long history. She succeeded three-term Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in the...more
On July 13, 2021, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation that expands New York state's definition of "telemarketing" to include marketing by text messages. Under the legislation, which became effective on August 12,...more
As COVID-19 variants surge in the country, mask mandates return, and more workplaces and public spaces make vaccination a requirement, how should health care providers proceed? Can they require employees, patients and clients...more
On Tuesday, August 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo notified the people of New York that he would be resigning as governor, effective August 24, 2021. This resignation follows the publication last week of the report by the Attorney...more
On August 10, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his plans to step down as governor, effective August 24, 2021. On that day, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will step into the governorship. What will this mean...more
On May 5, 2021, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”) into law. The NY HERO Act requires extensive workplace health and safety...more
In the wake of a 2019 Newsday investigation into alleged discriminatory housing practices of suspected racial steering, there has been a pronounced focus on ways to curb potentially discriminatory housing practices across New...more
This past Monday, July 26, marked passage of the most recent major milestone in the replacement of LIBOR as the benchmark USD interest rate. Following the recommendation of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC)...more
On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO Act) into law. As discussed in an earlier BakerHostetler post, this law mandates extensive new workplace health and safety...more
As explained more fully below, the New York Health and Essential Rights Act1 (“HERO Act” or the “Act”) requires private employers to create a written plan (the “Plan”) to minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to...more
When New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis on March 31, 2021, it opened one of the largest cannabis markets globally. Not surprisingly, the state’s capital raises and M&A activity in the cannabis...more
On July 6, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published its Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard (Standard), as required under the New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act. Under...more
Initial Compliance Required by August 5, 2021- As we recently reported in prior alerts (see here and here), Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the HERO Act (the Act) on May 5, 2021, requiring all New York employers to implement a...more
As we previously reported, on May 5, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act” or the “Act”) into law. On July 6, 2021 the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”)...more
The clock is now running: New York employers have until August 5, 2021, to adopt workplace safety plans, in accordance with the NY HERO Act (“Act”). As we previously reported, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Act into law on...more
As we previously reported, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Senate Bill S6768, on June 11, 2021, amending certain provisions of the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (Act), in the New York Labor Law, relating to...more
In “Governor Cuomo’s “Tolling” of New York Statutes of Limitation Has Ended, But What Did It Accomplish?”, we examined the debate surrounding whether Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order No. 202.8 and subsequent orders up to and...more
Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state disaster emergency he declared on March 7, 2020, due to COVID-19 would officially end after June 24, 2021. He then signed Executive Order No. 210, which...more
New York’s passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Tax Act (“MRTA”) on March 31, 2021, legalized adult-use cannabis in New York State. However, the MRTA only created a framework for the sale, regulation and taxation of...more
New York's recently enacted Health & Essential Rights Act, otherwise called the HERO Act, has been modified. As discussed in our earlier Alert, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the HERO Act into law in early May. The law...more