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The website Business Insider recently published an article highlighting the five best states to work in if you are a women (along with the five worst).  According to the survey Washington, D.C. tops the list, followed by Maryland, Massachusettes, New Jersey and Connecticut.  The bottom five include Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho and, toping the...

Today, March 25, 2015, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Young v. United Parcel Service (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/12-1226_k5fl.pdf) which involved a UPS employee's claim that she was discriminated against on the basis of pregnancy when UPS denied her request for light duty after her doctor imposed a 20-lb lifting restriction during...

During her acceptance speech for best supporting actress at the recent Academy Awards, Patricia Arquette made an impassioned plea for wage equality for women. Her speech was met with great enthusiasm by some (most notably Meryl Streep) and incredulity by others who thought that women already have the right to equal pay.

https://youtu.be/BzkCvw7_wMM The Albany Times Union reports today that the budget proposed by Governor Cuomo has cut funding for the New York physician profile page. This cut, representing quite literally a drop in the bucket of the overall state...

https://youtu.be/ZWMDCKYQXMw The United States Supreme Court recently heard argument on a Title VII failure to accommodate religious beliefs case brought by a 17-year old Muslim woman against Abercrombie & Fitch after Abercrombie refused to hire her because her black headscarf...

The Albany Times Union recently reported that New York City is settling claims of wrongdoing against the City even where no lawsuit has been filed.  This is a business and cost-saving decision by the Comptroller who has determined that the City will save money by settling cases than by litigating them sometimes...

https://youtu.be/ZWMDCKYQXMw The Albany Times Union reported on a case that was recently filed in Federal Court for the Northern District of New York, on behalf of a female firefighter who alleges that she was the victim of sexual...

A recent article in the Albany Times Union discussed increasing scrutiny of non-compete agreements in the workplace—particularly those applied to what would generally be considered “lower level” employees. WHAT IS A...

The New York Times ran a very interesting story recently, discussing the issues facing an aging (and longer living) population as they relate to care from nursing homes, retirement communities and assisted living facilities.  As the headline of the article accurately notes, as the population ages, incidents of falls causing...

The New York Times recently profiled a woman in New York City who was fired from her job after her physician told her that—during her pregnancy—she could not work overtime. When the woman presented the note to her supervisors, she was simply told that she was required to work a...

The Albany Times Union reported recently that a licensed practical nurse at a local nursing home had been charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetant or physically disabled person, as well as violating public health laws, for allegedly failing to report that an 89 year old patient had fallen.  According to the...

As of this writing you would have to be living under a rock to not be aware of the first domestic case of the Ebola virus in Dallas, Texas. While this story is frightening on a number of levels, one of the most concerning snippets from our perspective as attorneys has been...