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Recent Articles
Are Transgendered Employees Protected Under the Law?
By Sharon P. Stiller, Partner
Wednesday August 22, 2007
Employment Law News
An article in the Democrat and
Chronicle told of how the Batavia City
School District was meeting to discuss
the issues surrounding people who
choose to live their lives in a different
gender than that to which they were
born, transgendered individuals.
Basic Fiduciary Guidance for the ESOP Trustee in Corporate Finance Transactions
By ROBERT E. BROWN, TABITHA M. CROSCUT, PAUL S. FUSCO
Wednesday August 22, 2007
ESPO
Trustees of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)1 face fiduciary issues that are more difficult to analyze than the issues faced by fiduciaries of other employee benefit plans. This is because ESOPs are uniquely designed to provide benefits in addition to retirement benefits to parties other than plan participants and their beneficiaries.
Legal fight over the right to flight
By JAMES E. METZLER
Tuesday July 24, 2007
THE DAILY RECORD
Most Americans learned in school that Wilbur and
Orville Wright invented the airplane.
Sidebar Discrimination
By Sharon Stiller
Wednesday January 3, 2007
Business Strategies Magazine
From child and elder care, to equal pay, domestic violence, and sexual stereotyping, businesswomen have their own legal issues. This article surveys some of the issues, and the steps taken to address them.
The United States supreme court limits
By Scott Mooney
Monday October 2, 2006
new york real estate journal
On June 19th, the U.S. supreme court issued its long-awaited ruling addressing the scope of the Clean Water Act’s authority over remote wetlands.
Reaffirmation Agreements Under BAPCPA and Potential Liability of Bankruptcy Attorneys
By Devin L. Palmer, Esq.
Tuesday January 31, 2006
The Daily Record
As many already know, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (“BAPCPA”) made numerous changes to the process in which a debtor agrees with a creditor to reaffirm his debts.
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Act of 2005
By Christopher K. Werner, Esq.
Monday November 14, 2005
Monroe County Bar Association Views
"Congress shall have Power To establish uniform Laws
on the subject of Bankruptcies"So they did...
How Employers Can Avoid Liability Under the New FLSA Regulations
By Susan S. Laluk, Esq.
Wednesday February 9, 2005
The Daily Record
The new regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), effective last August, were intended to clarify and update the FLSA. Labor advocates complained that the new regulations unfairly exempted more employees from receiving overtime. Employers were concerned about having to pay overtime to previously exempt employees. So what can an employer do to ensure compliance and avoid liability for violations?
Employee's Defamation Claim Against Municipality Fails
By Devin L. Palmer, Esq.
Wednesday January 7, 2004
The Daily Record
Can a municipal employee be ordered to submit to a mental evaluation under New York’s Civil Service Law § 72 sue the employer for defamation?
Public Performance License Fees
By Mark Costello, Esq.
Friday June 13, 2003
The Daily Record
As an entertainment lawyer, I frequently am asked probing and important legal questions such as, “Where can I get a good snake tattoo?,” “How can I get $100,000.00 worth of new equipment free?” and “You have any Oreos in your desk? I missed lunch.” One thing clients usually do not ask about, but should know about, is public performance licensing fees. These licensing fees are collected and distributed to copyright owners (e.g., songwriters and music publishers) in the United States principally by ASCAP and BMI. Some clients have a rough idea how these organizations work, but some think ASCAP is the newest planet in the solar system and that BMI is an expensive German sports sedan.
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