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On September 9, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Access to Personnel Records Act, Senate Bill S3460 / Assembly Bill A2107, which will add Section 210-b to the New York Labor Law to guarantee employees access to...

If you provide home health care services in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, or Westchester County, a state law called the Home Care Worker Wage Parity Act affects your pay. This law has been around since 2012,...

Effective January 29, 2026, new amendments to New York’s Victims of Gender Motivated Violence Protection Law (“GMVA”), N.Y.C. Admin. Code §10-1101 et seq., have significantly expanded the remedies available for victims...

On May 28, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock that workers transporting goods within one state’s borders, as part of an interstate journey, qualified for the Federal Arbitration Act’s...

Six months ago, in July 2025, we published a blog post providing a brief history of noncompete agreements in the United States; describing the current status of federal restrictions on noncompetes; and discussing the...

On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division issued its first-ever whistleblower reward under the Antitrust Division’s Whistleblower Rewards Program, which launched in partnership with...

On March 9, 2026, it becomes official: the civil service protections guaranteed to federal employees by the Civil Service Reform Act (“CSRA”) are no longer available to a large swath of federal employees.  The...

In this time of economic uncertainty, when blowing the whistle on an employer’s wrongdoing may seem especially risky, a recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision offers support to those willing to take that risk.  In...

In 2025, California’s lawmakers acted to protect survivors of violence by once again extending their ability to bring expired civil sexual assault claims. Expanded Statute of Limitations Lookback Window for Sexual Assault...

In the latest reversal of employee-friendly Biden-era policies, the Trump Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) moved this week to vacate its rule banning noncompete agreements. As we have written...