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We are pleased to announce that our law firm has been named a 2016 Law Firm 500 Honoree. Earlier this year we were nominated for our growth, operational excellence and commitment to client service. It...

Nursing homes have been making it hard for victims to succeed for years.  Putting your family member into a nursing home or assisted living facility is never easy under any circumstances.  Family...

If you're a pet owner, as we are, you understand that pets become a major part of a family. Our kids love them, we spend money on them, and, when something happens to...

We've talked about the Gretchen Carlson sexual harassment case here before, and it was recently revealed that Carlson settled her claim against Fox News shortly after things went public.  Here are five things that you should...

Employees who go out on medical leave, including FMLA leave and pregnancy related leave, are often required to provide medical documentation to support their leave.  Under the FMLA this documentation takes the form of a medical certification, which...

Back in March we reported that the EEOC had filed its first sexual orientation discrimination lawsuits.  This was significant because the EEOC is interpreting Title VII to cover sexual orientation even though...

Recent actions coming out of the New York State Attorney General's office have placed further doubt on the future of the ubiquitous non-compete agreement in New York State.

Click here to accept the terms of use. How many times have you seen those words?  More to the point, how many times have you mindlessly...

By now, we have all heard about Harambe, the endangered gorilla, who was killed at the Cincinnati zoo after a four-year old child fell into his enclosure.  Much of the hoopla surrounding this incident has...

A recent news story highlighted a growing movement in the safety industry – including by the head of the National Transportation Safety Administration – away from use of the term “accident” to describe car crashes caused by something else. According...

A sad story in the Albany area once again reminded us of the difficulty faced by injured individuals (and their families) as a result of the workers' compensation law in New York.  A young...

Back in mid-2015, we highlighted an EEOC decision that found that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was covered by Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination.   Now the EEOC is taking things one step further and, on March 1, 2016, sued its first two cases in federal district courts in Pennsylvania and...