On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act, a bill amending the New York Labor Law to impose certain workplace violence prevention requirements on covered retail employers.
Workplace Violence Prevention Plan
Effective March 4, 2025, employers with at least ten retail employees – defined as
You’re Not Alone
Have you ever felt the crushing weight of realizing your hard-earned money has vanished due to investment fraud? The mix of emotions – shock, anger, shame, and despair – can be overwhelming. You’re not alone. Many people, just like you, have faced this heartbreaking situation. We’re here to help you understand what
In Ohio Carpenters’ Pension Fund v. Deutsche Bank AG, no. 22-cv-10462-ER (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 26, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed an antitrust class action alleging a conspiracy between Deutsche Bank and Rabobank to manipulate prices of European government bonds. Plaintiffs, certain U.S.-based pension funds, alleged that the defendants
The district court has once again upheld enforcement of the New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights (the “Law”). The decision comes in response to a follow-up challenge by a coalition of staffing agency industry groups, asserting that the section of the Law requiring temporary workers be paid an amount equal to the average pay
Sales people are sometimes referred to as the high priest of profits. And, in the Burkhalter financial investment Ponzi scheme, they lived up to their title. Burkhalter himself wasn’t having much luck in sales, but during four years, his 100 plus sales agents managed to finagle $336 million from 2,000 investors for a purported short-term
Big changes are on the horizon for the pet food industry! The FDA and AAFCO have just ended their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and this shift could significantly impact businesses. This new development will affect regulatory oversight and compliance practices, making it essential to understand the implications.
For a comprehensive overview of how this change
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jennifer Riley and associate Kathryn Brown with their discussion of key rulings issued in WARN Act class action litigation over the past year, and the notable challenges for employers defending WARN Act claims in the wake of the COVID-19
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Justin Donoho, and Ryan T. Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: On August, 2024, in T.D. v. Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., No. 23-CV-5416 (N.D. Ga. Aug. 24, 2024), Judge Thomas Thrash of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed in its entirety a class action complaint alleging that a
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Derek S. Franklin Duane Morris Takeaways: On August 21, 2024, Judge William C. Griesbach of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin joined in the fray over whether the long-used two-step process for issuing notice of a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) collective
A Central District of California court recently dismissed a putative privacy class action after determining that the movie theater defendants were not Video Tape Service Providers as defined by the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”). See Walsh v. California Cinema Investments LLC, 2024 WL 3593569 (C.D. Cal. July 29, 2024). Two other California federal courts
