Ethan A Brecher

October 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Ethan A. BrecherThe consequences to a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registered representative for not paying an adverse arbitration…

By Ethan A. Brecher

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September 24, 1999 | Law.com

The law governing arbitration of employment disputes has undergone a remarkable evolution. At the beginning of the 1990's, the Supreme Court in Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. endorsed mandatory arbitration to resolve age discrimination claims. Federal courts are now recognizing, however, that arbitration sometimes favors employers unfairly. Judges have started to issue rulings intended to ensure that arbitration is in fact the neutral forum originally contemplated by the Supreme Court.

By Ethan A. Brecher

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May 07, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Ethan A. Brecher, a partner at Liddle & Robinson, writes that contrary to common wisdom, the legal jeopardy for an employee stealing his former employer's trade secrets goes well beyond the familiar civil lawsuit seeking an injunction and monetary damages.

By Ethan A. Brecher

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October 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Ethan A. Brecher is a partner at Liddle & Robinson, writes that although the government surely has a right to try and ensure that taxpayer bailout funds do not get squandered on rich and undeserving pay packages, and while Mr. Feinberg is an expert mediator who will bring to bear his skills in crafting compensation schemes that comport with the IFR, it is nonetheless an open question whether he can balance the needs of the companies in question that must pay competitively in order to attract and retain top talent, against the heat from politicians calling for the heads of overpaid executives.

By Ethan A. Brecher

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April 17, 2002 | New York Law Journal

In one of the largest combinations in Wall Street history, the Swiss investment bank UBS Warburg announced in July 2000 that it was acquiring PaineWebber, principally for its stable of 8,500 retail stockbrokers. 1 As part of the transaction, UBS Warburg paid retention bonuses equaling almost million in order to safeguard the most valuable components of the transaction the brokers and the client assets under their control.

By Ethan A. Brecher

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