For the past several years, there have been extensive delays in the Bronx County Supreme Court with respect to pending actions receiving final trial dates and proceeding to the commencement of jury selection. Recently, the administrators of the Bronx County Supreme Court implemented new rules specifically to accelerate to trial motor vehicle cases pending in the Bronx County Supreme Court. 

On January 10, 2017, the California Fair Employment & Housing Council (“FEHC”) approved regulations that identify a number of ways in which employers can face liability when using a job applicant or employee’s criminal conviction history to influence employment decisions. 

Many employers take comfort that their employees are at-will, meaning that either party may terminate employment at any time and for any reason, as long as the reason is not unlawful.

Franchisors need to review their Franchise Disclosure Document (“FDD”) to ensure compliance with new commentary (“Commentary”) issued by the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) regarding Financial Performance Representations (“FPR”).

On May 15, 2017, New York City continued its rapid expansion of worker protection, this time creating greater security for independent contractors.

On May 8, 2017, the California Supreme Court clarified several major points of ambiguity regarding the interpretation of the state’s obscure “day of rest” statutes.

Within weeks of each other, two California juries awarded eight-figure verdicts to individual plaintiffs in employment cases.

The New York office of Lewis Brisbois maintains a full team of appellate specialists who are well versed in litigating pre-trial motions and post-trial appeals.