Online objections to a corporation's products or services ' posted on "complaint" or "gripe" sites by former employees or consumers, or put elsewhere on the Web ' have a greater potential to be significantly more damaging to the target's operations than more traditional expressions of unhappiness.
In its decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., the Court of Appeals ruled that the current and former owners of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village housing complexes in Manhattan "were not entitled to take advantage of the luxury deregulation provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law ' while simultaneously receiving tax benefits under the City of New York's J-51 program." But there are unanswered questions.
An easy-to-read listing of all cases contained within this issue.
There are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.
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Unlike any time in recent history, the slump in the economy in general, and in the housing market in particular, has had an impact on the ability of couples that decide to separate and divorce from actually following through on that plan.
A New York appellate court has refused to enforce a separation agreement that allowed a father to terminate child-support payments to his ex-wife if their teen-aged son "engag[ed] in full-time employment."
Usually, when the employee spouse has interests in multiple plans, the divorce settlement will also contain a waiver or release by the non-employee spouse of his or her interests in other plans. But even if effective under state law, that does not, by itself, protect the employee's interests and those of the employee's successors.
Over the past several months, behind-the-scenes "legislative wrangling" has led to several proposed modifications to the poorly titled Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA"), a bill currently pending in both the House and Senate. Here's what to do.
Countless employers have promulgated arbitration agreements to take advantage of the perceived benefits of arbitrating employment-related claims, including the absence of a jury, the efficiency of resolving claims in an arbitral forum and the reduced or eliminated publicity resulting from employment claims.
