Employment Law - Civil Rights - Housing Law
On April 27, 2009, United States District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin held that Christine Anderson, an attorney working six years for the State of New York’s Appellate Division, First Department’s Departmental Disciplinary Committee (DDC), may proceed to trial with her whistleblowing claim that she was fired in retaliation for claiming that her superiors were “whitewashing” [...]
And now for the eagerly-awaited second part to the posting about how the stimulus bill impacts employment law:
Changes to Unemployment Benefits
Extended benefits
New Yorkers are currently eligible to receive 26 weeks of regular unemployment insurance benefits and 20 weeks of extended benefits. The stimulus bill provides for an additional 13 weeks of extended benefits, bringing the [...]
Today’s New York Law Journal published on its first page the following article about one of BMBB’s cases, Anderson v. New York State et al:
New York state, in a motion for summary judgment filed last week, portrayed an attorney who sought $10 million damages for her firing by the First Department’s Departmental Disciplinary Committee as [...]