01, December 2024
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Labor and Employment Law Updates 2025

As with most legislative years, 2024 was a busy year for California employment law developments.  Several important new laws and…
author Karen Pointer & Louise Ann “Luzann” Fernandez
12, May 2024
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Restoring CMIA’s Intended Balance

California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), Civil Code section 56 et seq., carefully balances obligations to handle and dispose…
author Michael D. Abraham
03, May 2024
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Unpaid Internships in New York

With summer approaching, your company may be considering offering unpaid internships. Whileunpaid internships historically have been common practice among companies,…
FIRM
24, April 2024
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FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the FTC issued a ban on all future non-compete agreements between for-profit business and their employees,…
FIRM
05, January 2024
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New York Hourly Minimum Wage Increase

Beginning January 1, 2024, minimum wage rates in New York City and Westchester Countyincreased to $16/hour, and to $15/hour everywhere…
FIRM
29, September 2023
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Use of AI In Employment

If your Company uses any automated tools such as Upwork or TurboHire in its hiring process, youshould be aware that…
FIRM
02, May 2022
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Multi-State Wage Transparency Laws Relating to Job Postings

Currently, Colorado is the only state that requires an employer who employs at least one employee in Colorado and posts…
author Kelly Ann Coleman, Ramanpreet “Raman” Dheri, Elizabeth “Lisa” T. Ferguson, Louise Ann “Luzann” Fernandez, Josiah R. Jenkins, Karen E. Pointer and An Nguyen Ruda
09, February 2022
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FASHION ACT

In January, New York unveiled its proposed Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act(or Fashion Act). The law aims to hold…
FIRM
26, April 2021
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The Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires reporting entities (generally corporations, LLCs andsimilar entities that are formed in the United States…
FIRM
10, August 2020
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Analyzing Ixchel v. Biogen’s new rules

John “Jack” McLean, Of Counsel to the firm, and Patrick O’Shaughnessy, a Principal of Bartko Bunzel & Miller, have published…
author John “Jack” McLean
06, May 2020
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COVID-19 Laws and Regulations Update For 2021

In a surprising turn of events this week, Congress did not extend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) past…
author Kerry L. Duffy and Elizabeth “Lisa” T. Ferguson
04, May 2020
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PPP Loans, May 7 Deadline

All Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications require borrowers to certify in good faith that“[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan…
FIRM
23, April 2020
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New Guidance by SBA on PPP Loans

On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new guidance with an aim ofincreasing the chances that…
FIRM
12, December 2019
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The man to see was Edward Bennett Williams

This article by Rob Bunzel containing an important lesson for trial lawyers from great books in the Edlund library appeared…
author Robert H. Bunzel
15, November 2019
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Saving the Japanese YWCA Building

Ben Riley published an article in the Daily Journal about Saving the Japanese YWCA building – a pro bono case…
author Benjamin K. Riley
30, March 2019
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Special Report

New Federal Stimulus for Businesses during the COVID-19 Crisis. It is merely days after enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief…
FIRM
01, June 2018
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The Lost Maidens of Berlin

Smithsonian Magazine – In the final months of the 19th century, a German sculptor named Walter Schott began drawing up…
FIRM
20, April 2017
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Trying a Trade Secret Case: A Road Map

Spring 2017 – Trade secret trials challenge and engage all of a trial lawyer’s essential skills and training. Dealing with…
author Benjamin K. Riley
20, April 2016
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In the Name of the Father

Looted Art – An auction of three paintings, which were long in possession of a museum, will divide the art…
FIRM
12, February 2015
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Stolen, Sold, and Re-Discovered

The Nazis have chiseled his art collection out of Rudolf Mosse and scattered it all over the world. Now, the…
FIRM
22, July 2014
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City Wants to Return Looted Art

TSindelfingen – even before Sindelfingen’s mayor Bernd Vöhringer appointed the new town council ceremonially, he had to inform the councils…
FIRM
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