In fields like finance, health care and securities, reputation matters greatly. A single false statement can affect pay, licensing, partnerships or future work. What starts as workplace gossip can quickly turn into a legal issue. When that happens, the impact can...
When you reach the final stages of accepting a new job offer, you often face a stack of documents to sign. Among these papers lurks the noncompete agreement, a contract that prevents you from working for competitors or starting a competing business after you leave...
In June 2023, in Coinbase, Inc. v Bielski, 143 S Ct 1915, 1921 [2023], the US Supreme Court held that where a district court denies a motion to compel arbitration, the party losing that motion (i.e., the party seeking to compel arbitration) is entitled under tSection...
Judicial review of arbitration awards is extremely limited. One judicially created grounds for vacating arbitration awards is where the arbitrators acted in "manifest disregard of the law." This situation arises where a court finds “both that (1) the arbitrators knew...
On April 16, 2024, Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC obtained on behalf of its client a stay in the Appellate Division, First Department, of a lower court's order directing the appointment of a receiver to sell a marital residence in a divorce case and of an on-going...
On May 3, 2024 Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC secured a finding of contempt in New York Supreme Court, Kings County (Brooklyn), against an ex-husband in a divorce case, where the husband failed to pay $200,000 in attorney's fees awarded to the ex-wife. The Court...