Blog Archive: 2020

Are Non-Compete Agreements Assignable?

This is not a question that comes up very often. But, earlier this year, Monroe County Supreme Court denied a motion for preliminary injunction where there was a sharp factual dispute over this issue. In this case, an employee signed an agreement containing a non-compete clause shortly after being hired. The agreement lacked some of the typical boilerplate language, including a clause…

Peter J. Weishaar

When Can Courts Partially Enforce Non-Compete Agreements?

Restrictive covenants in employment—also referred to as non-compete clauses—are generally not favored. However, they will be enforced by the courts to the extent they are reasonable…

New York Employers to Provide Sick Leave for All Employees

A new law passed earlier this year requires all New York employers to provide sick leave to their employees as follows: Employers with 4 or fewer employees and a net income of $1 million dollars or…

Almost 40: Millennials Need a Plan

Planning and Children I know how you feel. Having three young children under the age of five years old, time for yourself and time to address your planning is at a premium. In what seems like a…

Develop a WISP to Document Data Security Protocol

The data security requirements of New York’s “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act” became law on March 21, 2020. The inadvertent timing of that overlap…

Pivoting a Business in a Coronavirus Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the US economy on the circumference of a dime. Ever since the hit, businesses of all sizes have been navigating their ships through the new paradigm of “essential”…

2020 – The Year For Charitable Giving

The CARES Act passed by Congress to address economic needs during the pandemic was massive, running 335 pages. Most of the public focus has been on the big economic incentives contained in the…

Updates to Estate Planning During COVID-19

Dear Valued Clients, Family and Friends, This is an update to our prior message providing you with updates on how estate planning practice has changed even in the last few weeks. We hope that you…

COVID-19 Assistance for Small Businesses under the Cares Act

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “Cares Act”). The Cares Act contains several provisions that may provide relief for…

Expanded Unemployment Benefits Available During the Covid-19 Pandemic

As unemployment claims surge in New York due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been assisting more and more business clients with questions about unemployment insurance. Unemployment insurance…

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