• Foreclosing Lender on Cooperative Apartment Must Obtain Board Approval Before Acquiring Unit
• Apartment Owners Have No Claim Against Building Engineer, Court Holds
• Martin Act Held Not to Bar Common-Law Tort Claims Where Misrepresentations Are Made Outside Offering Plan

• NLRB Office Claims That Termination of Employee For Facebook Post Critical of Supervisor is Unlawful
• One Risk of Using Social Media Sites to Screen Job Applicants
• Overtime Claim Filed For Time Spent Dealing With Work-Related Phone Calls, Voice-Mails, E-Mails, Text Messages, and Work Orders
• Department of Labor Gift to the Plaintiffs' Bar:  Information-Sharing About Wage-Hour Investigations

• New Law and Rules Affect Foreclosure Actions
• Court, Enforcing Restrictions On Borrowing By Condominiums, Voids Note Payable To Sponsor's Affiliate

• Federal Court In New York Denies Trade Secret Protection For Information Available In The Internet
• Class Of Adult Dancers Certified In Misclassification Case
• New Disability Standard Under ADA:  Cancer In Remission Is Still A Disability

• Cooperative Granted Injunction Barring Neighboring Bar's Loud Operation On Roof Deck
• Federal Court Holds That Board's Requirement Of Three References May Constitute Discrimination
• City Releases Official Form For Bedbug Disclosure

• Complying With New York's New Domestic Workers' Bill Of Rights
• Employer Agrees To Pay More Than $1 Million As Penalty For I-9 Paperwork Violations
• EEOC Files Obesity Discrimination Claim Under The ADA
• NLRB Holds That Union "Shame On" Banners Against Neutral Employers Do Not Violate Labor Act

 
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• Unit Owner's Claims Against Managing Agent Based On Water Leak At Condominium Dimissed
• "Robert's" Ruling On J-51 Benefits Applies Retroactively, Court Holds
• New York Adopts New Bedbug Disclosure Act

• New York Adopts "Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights"
• "Stray Remarks" By Non-Decision-Makers May Be Considered In Age Bias Cases, California Court Holds
• Involuntary Transfer May Constitute Discrimination, Even When Intended For Employee's Own Benefit

• Cooperatives Should Amend Proprietary Leases To Obtain Broad Protection Against Legal Expenses
• New Federal Lead Paint Regulations Will Affect Sales Of Residential Properties
• New Tax On Unearned Investment Income Will Affect Real Estate Transactions

• Emerging Trend May Require Modification of Commuting Time As A Reasonable ADA Accomodation
• No Duty To Accomodate "Stressed and Anxious" Employee Who Does Not Reveal Condition Or Request Accomodation
• Termination Based On Fitness For Duty Exam Does Not Constitute A "Regarded As" Violation Of The ADA
• Insubordination Undermines Employee's Discrimination Case 

• Ganfer & Shore, LLP Welcomes Martin E. Schloss And Establishes Corporate Law Advisory
• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act Signed Into Law

• Tenant-Shareholders' Proprietary Lease Validly Terminated For Objectionable and "Antisocial" Conduct
• Challenge to Cooperative Board Election Dismissed
• Defendant That Did Not Control Site or Work Not Liable Under Scaffold Law, Court Holds
• Ganfer & Shore, LLP to Offer New Monthly Labor Law Advisory to Clients and Friends

• Ganfer & Shore Welcomes Rober I. Gosseen, Establishes Monthly Labor and Employment Advisory
• Employers Must Beware of "Side Deals" Between Supervisors and Employees
• Labor Department Approves FMLA Leave for Gay Parents and Others Caring For a Child
• Employers Should Prepare For Stepped Up I-9 Enforcement
  

• Ganfer & Shore Welcomes Robert L. Gosseen
• Recent Court Decisions Applying The Business Judgment Rule
• New Federal Lead-Paint Renovation Regulations Take Effect

• Cooperative Documents Held Ambiguous Regarding Cooperative's Entitlement To Maintain Garden on Roof
• Court Holds That Disputed Issues Exist Regarding Owner's Use of Condominium Unit
• Condominium's "Pets Allowed" Policy Does Not Bind Unit To Allow Tenant to Keep Cat

• Ganfer & Shore, LLP Welcomes Martin E. Schloss
• Interstate Land Sales Act Governs Developers and Purchasers In Large New-Construction Condominiums

• Indemnification Clause Of Alteration Agreement Invalidated For Omitting Required Exclusions
• Election of Cooperative Board Members Voided Based On Errors That Violated Statute And By-Laws

• Court Recognizes Condominium Unit Owners' Potential Claim Against Neighbour For Second-Hand Smoke
• Board's Denial Of Permission To Add Bathroom Upheld
• Cooperative Failed To Preserve Right To Seek Legal Fees Incurred In Enforcing Judgment

• Ganfer & Shore, LLP Welcomes Margery Weinstein
• Estate of Deceased Co-op Purchaser Held Still Bound By Contract of Sale
• Failure to Register LLC Before Transferring Property To It Voids Conveyance, Court Held