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Showing posts with label lawsuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawsuit. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Understanding Wrongful Termination: When You May Have a Case for Legal Action

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Wrongful termination is a serious issue that can have significant consequences for employees who have been unfairly dismissed from their job...
Friday, August 06, 2021

New NYS Law Prohibits HOAs from Restricting Solar Installations

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As of October 1, 2021, Homeowners Associations will no longer be permitted to blanketly block unit owners from installing solar panels in th...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Employment Sexual Harassment - Case of Interest - Exceeding Petty Slights or Trivial Inconveniences

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Back on October 11, 2019, the NYS Human Rights Law was modified with a new standard for actionable employment sex discrimination. The new st...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

NYS Passes Law to Increase Free Speech & Public Participation

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Effective November 10, 2020, NYS strengthened its laws against lawsuits that are brought and intended to chill free speech, called Strategic...
Friday, October 30, 2020

NYC Housing Discrimination Notice Law Ready for Mayor's Signature

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On October 29, 2020, the NYC City Council approved a new law that requires the Department of Social Services to provide a letter to applican...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Employment Discrimination - NEW EEOC Rule Clarifies Right to Bring Lawsuit

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On October 14, 2020, the EEOC issued a final rule, 29 CFR 1601 & 1626 , for charges of employment discrimination. The key to this rule i...
Friday, October 09, 2020

Guess how much employers pay, on average, in litigation costs in defending discrimination cases?

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According to the EEOC, they pay  $174,000  and attorneys' fees on cases that go to trial are between  $195,000-$279,000 . You should get...

Guess how much employers pay, on average, to settle discrimination cases?

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According to the EEOC, they pay $45,466 to settle cases in conciliation before lawsuit (it only goes up from there).

Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Rules Are Changing

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On October 9, 2020, the EEOC submitted a proposed rule in the Federal Register to change the conciliation procedures in an employment disc...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Title Litigation - Resolving a Boundary Line Dispute

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The Appellate Division recently reminded us how the courts make a boundary line dispute determination in the case of Old Timers Rod & Gu...

Title Insurance - Read Your Policy Before You Sue Your Insurer to Take Action

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I want it; I want it; I want it is not a good enough argument said the Appellate Division in Irma Straus Realty Corp. v. Old Republic Nation...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Foreclosure Tsunami Coming - Litigation Checklist

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The moratorium on foreclosures expires on August 20th (EO 202.28) and a foreclosure tsunami is coming. According to CNBC , "32% of U....
Friday, July 17, 2020

Security Deposit Voucher Recipients PROTECTED by Source of Income Discrimination Laws

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The NYS Appellate Division recently clarified that "[t]he fact that the security vouchers are a guarantee of payment, rather than a cas...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Eye on Real Estate Q&A: Co-op Disapproval of Sale and Suing the Board

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On this week's episode of  Eye on Real Estate , January 18, 2020, we were asked about suing a cooperative board for refusing a sale by c...