James A Brown

August 23, 2001 | Law.com

With the increase in success and availability of infertility treatment to assist in conception, it is becoming more common for pregnant employees to experience pregnancy-related complications that require them to stop working. Pregnant employees who seek leave time, but whose employers do not provide liberal leave policies, must rely on the law, which provides only limited relief.

By James A. Brown

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October 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

James A. Brown, a partner at Brown & Gropper LLP, writes that a recent Supreme Court decision stated various rationales for sharply curbing the First Amendment free speech rights of public sector employees. Among the Court's reasons included the familiar argument that public employees should rely on legislation for their individual rights. Clearly, this particular rationale is unsupported by New York's anemic, rarely invoked public sector whistleblower law, Civil Service Law �75-b.

By James A. Brown

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