Our world is increasingly ruled by electronic communications. Text messages, Slack channels, and e-mails are all tools of business today. But what happens when a contract requires written notice by a more formal method? Do...more
IRS scams are a big concern for the Agency and taxpayers. Scammers are impersonating the IRS either by phone, email or in person costing thousands of people millions of dollars. Scammers use the regular mail, telephone, or...more
On November 8, 2021, Governor Hochul signed a bill into law that requires private New York employers to provide written notice to employees before monitoring their telephone, email, and internet access or usage. This law...more
Senate Bill 657, a new law which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, in recognition of the prevalence of remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, permits employers to email required employment postings to employees....more
From time to time, situations arise that prompt an employer to want to review an employee’s emails and other electronic communications. In matters involving internal investigations, concerns about a breach of an employee’s...more
Earlier this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into a law a bill that will require New York private sector employers to provide written notice to employees before engaging in electronic monitoring of their...more
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed into law an amendment to the New York Civil Rights Law requiring that New York employers provide written notice to workers if they monitor or intercept employee telephone conversations or...more
New York businesses that monitor or otherwise intercept the electronic mail or telephone conversations of their employees will soon need to inform them of these practices under an amendment to the state’s civil rights law...more
Several provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorize or require that a notice or communication be in "writing" or "written". For example, Section 142(b) provides "Any officer may resign at any time upon...more
Since the turn of this century, Delaware has allowed corporations to give notices to stockholders by electronic transmission. 8 Del. Code § 232(a). However, the statute is conditioned upon the stockholder's consent....more
The California General Corporation Law unequivocally authorizes the giving of notice of stockholder meetings by electronic transmission. Section 601(b) provides “Notice of a shareholders’ meeting or any report shall be given...more
It’s the final week of the year, so while everyone else in the world is playing with their latest version of iPhone and other new electronic gadgets, I spend my time analyzing this year’s FMLA blog posts and agonizing over...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Parol Evidence: trial court erred by considering extrinsic evidence to determine parties’ intent because contract for sale of property that provided certain prior deposits be paid to seller as...more