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While New York employers are rushing to comply with the new amendments to New York State’s anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws, New York State legislators show no signs of slowing down. On Aug. 20, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Bill...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

As the New York State Legislature neared the end of the 2019 session in June, it passed several bills amending the state’s laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment. We addressed the major provisions of these new bills in our previous alert. As...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

In a recent decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the seller in a merger could enforce a provision in the merger agreement protecting its privilege over premerger emails with its counsel. Although pursuant to Section 259 of the Delaware...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Le télétravail est aujourd’hui plébiscité par une majorité considérable de ses utilisateurs. Salariés bénéficiaires, managers encadrants et chefs d’entreprises y sont en effet favorables à plus de 80%[1]. Source d’équilibre personnel entre vie...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044), an act that would radically change the way employment-based immigrant visas are allocated by eliminating country-specific quotas....By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The New York State Legislature passed several bills at the end of its 2019 session which, yet again, will impact New York employers. Some of the new legislation further amends laws that were implemented last year, which required employers to review...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

In April 2018, as part of a major reform to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, New York enacted a law rendering pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate sexual harassment claims null and void “[e]xcept where inconsistent with federal law.” CPLR...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) tax incentive program provides an opportunity for a taxpayer to defer and potentially eliminate the recognition of capital gains if, within certain 6-month time frames, the taxpayer makes a qualifying investment...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP