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The Zadroga Act—What is It and How Does It Affect Workers' Compensation? by cjleclaire
May 17, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 430 430 recommendations | email to a friend
 Author:Pyrros & Serres LLP In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, many people volunteered to help clean up after the devastation of the twin towers at the World Trade Center. Many of those volunteers subsequently developed illnesses as a direct result of their exposure to toxins, dust and debris...
How Far Do Privacy Rights Stretch for a Child’s Safety? by cjleclaire
May 17, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 367 367 recommendations | email to a friend
 A father recorded a conversation between his son and his ex-wife’s live-in boyfriend. Later on, when he turned in the recording as evidence, the boyfriend’s attorney challenged the admissibility of the recording, calling it illegal eavesdropping. According to ABC News , the boy was five years old...
NY Employment, Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Lawyers by cjleclaire
May 17, 2016 | 2 2 comments | 390 390 recommendations | email to a friend
 Our Blog—A Place to Learn More about Our Practice Employment Law | Personal Injury | Medical Malpractice | Construction Site Accidents | Premises Liability | Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse | Motor Vehicle Accidents When you are involved in a legal dispute, whether you're experiencing unfair treat...
EEOC Alleges Discrimination Based on Applications Requiring Medical History by cjleclaire
May 11, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 347 347 recommendations | email to a friend
 Queens, New York City Employment Defense Firm As employers, when you ask for medical information on a job application, you raise a red flag for the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) and set yourself up for a lawsuit. No matter how reasonable it seems to ask an applicant about medical...
EJII_Color_Brochure_Printing.jpg Advantages Of Advertising On NYC Billboards & Buildings by leafprinting
May 10, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 310 310 recommendations | email to a friend
 Using billboards to advertise may seem old-fashioned in our technology-driven era. With the internet and the many platforms it reaches out to, why would we still want to advertise with something as seemingly boring as billboards? That’s because they still work! Depending on the type of business y...
Restaurants Weigh in on Replacing Tipping with Service Charges by cjleclaire
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 423 423 recommendations | email to a friend
 Queens New York Employment Defense Attorneys Human Resource Consulting Law Firm Various restaurants across the country are in the process of changing tipping into service charges. The Seattle Eater published an article about a restaurant called Mollusk that eliminated tipping and replaced it with...
The Landlord Center by landlordlawyernyc
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1146 1146 recommendations | email to a friend
 Are you having trouble evicting a tenant? The Landlord Center has been effectively representing landlords and have been very successful in fighting for their rights for over 20 years. The legal team at The Landlord Center is solely focused on landlord/tenant issues in NYC, specializing in: Reside...
How Does a Prior Injury Affect Your Eligibility for Workers' Compensation Benefits? by cjleclaire
Mar 15, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 429 429 recommendations | email to a friend
 In New York, when you have been injured on the job, you have a right to seek benefits under the state's workers' compensation system. In fact, the workers' compensation system is generally your sole remedy or means of recovering compensation for injuries caused by the carelessness or negligence o...
CUP Center events ARTS Community: Free Cultural Arts & Networking at CUP Center by mslisalive
Mar 15, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 703 703 recommendations | email to a friend
 The Enterprise Collective is hosting a free community event to celebrate Women’s History Month at CUP Center located at 1071 Bedford Avenue in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn Saturday, March 26, 2016 from 1 P.M. – 7 P.M., consisting of a table display of framed photo art in print, rang...
Where Is Paradise? by andrewmartin11
Mar 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 844 844 recommendations | email to a friend
 Where is the Garden of Eden, and therefore, the tree of life, today? Is this the same as Paradise? Genesis 3:24 I may have bit off a little too much with this question. But it has often come to my mind as I have read through the Scriptures that there is some information missing here. God creates ...