By Allison Dunn | March 1, 2024
The bill specifies that no financial institution staff member who receives the training will be liable in any civil or administrative proceeding for disclosing the suspected financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult if disclosure was made in good faith and with reasonable care.
By Keith A. Markel and Alana R. Mildner | March 1, 2024
Since the authors' previous New York Law Journal article, there has been a significant change in the legal landscape in the area of pay frequency. The change has the potential to stem the tide of pay frequency litigation.
By Linda A. Thompson | March 1, 2024
Companies that cause severe and irreparable harm to the environment could face fines of up to €1.6 million. Belgium also classified ecocide as an international crime, on par with war crimes, crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
By Riley Brennan | March 1, 2024
"With stronger federal law, state and federal regulators can work together to better meet their shared responsibility to hold PBMs accountable and improve the country's health care system overall," the coalition said.
By Brian Lee | February 29, 2024
Lurie Daniel Favors, executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was appointed to the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, which drew controversy as lawmakers considered creation of the body in 2023.
By Carla Varriale-Barker | February 29, 2024
The New York Legislature recently enacted the CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination in employment and educational opportunities. Following this, Governor Kathy Hochul also signed the Health Equity and Opportunity legislative package. This article discusses why this legislation is important for greater health equity and the specific actions schools, stylists, and insurers can take to remain in compliance.
By Brian Lee | February 28, 2024
Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting matters.
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By Gail Suchman, Eva Schneider and Samuel Zarkower | February 28, 2024
Last year, New York Senator Jessica Ramos introduced S. 2510-A, which would require all major projects located in or adjacent to a "disadvantaged community" to submit a written enhanced public participation plan to NYSDEC as part of the proposed project's permitting process. This article summarizes the bill's requirements and explores both the benefits and drawbacks of the bill as currently drafted.
By Gail J. Cohen | February 27, 2024
The new Online Harms Act also raises the maximum punishment for advocating genocide online to life in prison.
By Patricia Kane | February 27, 2024
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