On Tuesday the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board announced that the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily enjoined the NLRB's rule requiring the posting of employee rights, which ha...

Fire districts and other municipalities in New York are no longer required to award purchase contracts to the “lowest responsible bidder.”  Although public works contracts are still required to be awa...

With hundreds of millions of users worldwide, the social media revolution has arrived.  Generally, social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn allow their members to share information to en...

Governor Cuomo rang in the New Year by signing an amendment to the Open Meetings Law designed to enhance public participation and transparency.  Effective February 2, 2012, the agendas as well as any ...

On September 8, 2011, Emergency Regulations went into effect by the NYS Department of Health to expand the definition of estates beyond assets passing under the terms of a valid will or by intestacy.

The newly enacted Wage Theft Prevention Act requires New York employers to provide written notices to employees both at the time of hiring and also, beginning on February 1, 2012, on or before Februar...

You are driving to an important evening meeting along the expressway, traveling at 55 miles per hour.  Suddenly, lights of another care are coming at you … and moments later you feel the jarring colli...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, more than 50,000 bicyclists are injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States each year.  The resulting injuries produced f...

The purchaser of business goodwill will often require the seller to enter into an express "covenant not to compete" prohibiting the seller from engaging in the type of business that he sold. The sell...