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Lloyd B. Chinn, Rachel Fischer, Harris Michael Mufson; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 18, 2013 On March 13, 2013, the New York City Council overrode Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of a new Local Law that amends the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to prohibit discrimination against job applicants based on their unemployment status. The new Local Law provides expansive...
| | The Sequester: Preparing for Potential Delays and Impact on U.S. Travel and Immigration Processing
Hallie A. Cohen, David Grunblatt, Valarie H. McPherson, Praveena N. Swanson, Jennifer B. Wexler; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 19, 2013 On March 1, 2013, across-the-board budget cuts in federal spending, amounting to $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years, went into effect. Known as the Sequester, this dramatic reduction in spending is expected to impact domestic and federal programs resulting in the loss of services and furloughs of...
| | Eastern District Of Virginia Rules That Employer Cannot Arbitrate False Claims Act Retaliation Claims
Connie N. Bertram, Amy L. Blackwood; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 15, 2013 On Wednesday, the Eastern District of Virginia in Winston v. Academi Training Center, Inc., No. 1:12-cv-767 (July 12, 2012), declared an arbitration provision in an independent contractor agreement unconscionable, clearing the way for two plaintiffs to bring their False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation...
| | How Much "Competition", If Any, Is Required to Establish Standing in Lanham Act False Advertising Cases—the Supreme Court May Be Interested in Resolving the Three-Way Circuit Split
Brendan J. O'Rourke, Erika M. Stallings, Lawrence I. Weinstein; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 18, 2013 Lanham Act false advertising law is largely consistent among the various federal circuit courts. However, one area of Lanham Act jurisprudence where the federal appellate courts do not see eye-to-eye concerns who has standing to sue under the Lanham Act's false advertising prong. This month, the...
| | NLRB Pulls Back A Little More On Policy Frenzy, Finds Code Of Conduct Does Not Violate The Act
Mark Theodore; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 As we have seen repeatedly in the last year, the NLRB has taken it upon itself to police employer policies often finding a phrase or two to be a violation of the Act. In recent months we have seen the NLRB seemingly pullback on this trend, taking a much closer look at the context of the language.
| | New York City Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto To Prohibit Discrimination Based on Unemployment Status
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Legal Alert/Article March 15, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 On January 23, 2013, the New York City Council passed Int. #0814-2012 (the "new Local Law"), which amends the New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") to prohibit discrimination against job applicants based on their unemployment status and provide expansive...
| | New Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Published on March 8, 2013; Mandatory by May 7, 2013
Hallie A. Cohen, David Grunblatt, Valarie H. McPherson, Praveena N. Swanson, Jennifer B. Wexler; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 A newly revised Form I-9 was published on Friday, March 8, 2013 and becomes the exclusive version in use as of May 7, 2013. Until that date, employers may continue to use prior versions of the form, dated 02/02/09 and 08/07/09. No substantive changes in the applicable law or regulations were made...
| | Update: NLRB Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointments
Mark Theodore; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 12, 2013 The NLRB announced today that the agency would seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit decision in Noel Canning, which ruled that the President’s recess appointments made last year (and perhaps in the years prior) were unconstitutional. The decision of the appeals court has cast a...
| | Second Circuit Decision
Joshua F. Alloy; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 In Lundy v. Catholic Health System of Long Island Inc., Plaintiffs - a respiratory therapist and two nurses - sued on behalf of a putative class of similarly situated employees and alleged that the Catholic Health System of Long Island, Inc. (a collection of hospitals and healthcare providers)...
| | ALJ Applies Villanueva Factors, Finds Overseas Employee’s Whistleblower Claim “Territorial”
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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 5, 2013 In Dos Santos v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 2012-AIR-20 (ALJ Jan. 11, 2013), an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) examined whether the facts alleged by the complainant required a territorial or extraterritorial application of one of the whistleblowing statutes enforced...
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