Federal Court Overturns NYS Nunchuck Ban
March 2019
From 1974, and unti l December 14, 2018, “Chuka Sticks” also known as Centrifugal Force Sticks. (commonly known as Nunchucks) were illegal to possess in the State of New Yor k. The Nunchucks were defined in New York State Penal Law 265.00(14), as: “any device designed primarily as a weapon, consisting of two or more lengths of a rigid material joined together by a thong, rope or chain in such a manner as to allow free movement of a portion of the device while held in the hand and capable of being rotated in such a manner as to inflict serious injury upon a person by striking or choking”. Read More Listen to Podcast |
Long Beach to pay rest of $3.5M to man run over by police SUV
November 24, 2017
A longtime former supervising pharmacist for CVS, the recently renamed pharmacy giant (now CVS Health) headquartered in Woonsocket, R.I., has put out public warnings to all current CVS employees about an arbitration policy introduced in a training module that he claims may compel them to give up their legal rights. Read More |
CVS Arbitration Policy Raises Concerns
December 2, 2014
A longtime former supervising pharmacist for CVS, the recently renamed pharmacy giant (now CVS Health) headquartered in Woonsocket, R.I., has put out public warnings to all current CVS employees about an arbitration policy introduced in a training module that he claims may compel them to give up their legal rights. Read More |
Neil H. Greenberg Quoted in LIBN‘s Closing Argument Section
“Big name employers have tremendous leverage over their employees, who should never be stripped of their legal rights. Large companies should ensure that their new employees have the opportunity to make a waiver of their rights as opposed to using a blind notification policy.” Read More |
Proactive Audits
July 11, 2014
Recent changes to legislation and the creation of new laws related to labor employment, wage-and-hour claims and wage deductions have led some employers to take a good, hard look at their own practices a proactive attempt to stay one step ahead of the department of Labor. Read More |
Manjeet Bawa, sixth suspect in Long Island mortgage scheme, turns himself in
May 7, 2014
A Dix Hills man surrendered to FBI agents Wednesday and was arraigned on a bank fraud charge in connection with a $30 million scheme to illegally obtain home mortgages on Long Island, officials said. Read More |
Attorney: Don’t wait for state, increase minimum wage now
April 25, 2014
A Westbury attorney specializing in employment law is urging Long Island businesses to raise their minimum pay rates to $10.10 now, instead of waiting for the federal government to mandate that same wage increase. Read More |
Shoe Mania workers get new union contract
April 4, 2012
After three years of negotiations, 50 employees at three Manhattan-based Shoe Mania stores have signed a new union contract that provides annual pay raises and guaranteed leaves of absences. Read More |
Boss Babe Hounded Me for Sex: suit
August 30, 2011
A hired hand for a wealthy Westchester socialite says that his job description suddenly expanded from dog trainer to tawdry boy toy – and that he was fired after turning down the turned-on mistress of the manse. Read More |
Married socialite ‘made naked passes at dog trainer and fired him for not having sex with her’
August 30, 2011
A wealthy married socialite tried to seduce her dog trainer by beckoning him to her bedroom while she was almost naked before firing him for refusing to have sex with her, it has been claimed. Read More |
Staffers sue Lizzie Grubman for not paying them
June 13, 2011
Notorious p.r. princess Lizzie Grubman could sure use a good publicist herself these days. The 42-year-old celebrity rep – infamous for a 2001 hissy fit in which she ran down 16 people outside a Hamptons nightclub – is now being sued by her longtime chauffeur-bodyguard and a hairstylist for allegedly stiffing them as she battles money woes. Read More |
Report slams LI cop on SUV sunbather crash
April 11, 2011
A cop failed to look where he was going when he crushed a sunbather with his SUV on a Long Island beach — as people screamed at him to stop, according to a damning police report obtained by The Post. Read More |
Driver Taken for Ride: suit
February 28, 2011
He would have been better off driving Miss Daisy. A wealthy Westchester couple stiffed their Bronx chauffeur out of more than $170,000 in overtime pay he earned driving them around and looking after their posh estate, he charges in a lawsuit. Read More |
Man Run Over by Cop SUV Crushed by Huge Wait
February 22, 2011
The man crushed under an 8,000-pound police SUV on a Long Island beach last May doesn’t understand why he still can’t get his hands on the police report nine months later. Read More |
Decorator Sues Anderson Cooper After 17-Foot Fall in Anchor’s Home
February 13, 2010
Globetrotting CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is often at the scene of danger, but he allegedly overlooked a potentially deadly hazard in the Greenwich Village firehouse he’s converting into a new home. Read More |
Sticking it to Zoning Board
January 22, 2009
Alleging that a garage built in the front yard of his neighbor’s property has been improperly approved, Lenny Stucker, of Meadow Glen Road, Fort Salonga, filed a lawsuit December 30, 2008 against the Town of Smithtown Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Read More |
9/11 Widow Tells Cautionary Tale of Fraud
March 17, 2018
Two months after America’s darkest day, Santa Catarelli, whose husband was killed on Sept. 11, summoned up the energy to address her family’s financial future. Read More |
Carol Baldwin and Photographer Settle Their Lawsuit, and Their Differences, Over A Shot of Her Sons
December 16, 2006
Two days ago, the celebrity mom and the paparazzo wouldn’t look at each other. Carol Baldwin and James Edstrom, once close friends, were locked in a six-figure dispute over a promised photograph of her four famous sons. Read More |
Baldwins’ Mom, Photographer in Court Battle
December 13, 2006
A Suffolk County jury heard opening statements yesterday in the trial between Carol Baldwin, the mother of the famed actor siblings of the same surname, and a celebrity photographer who says she duped him out of a $100,000 snapshot. Read More |
Courtroom Lens on Paparazzo’s Claim
October 26, 2004
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the fair market value of actor Alec Baldwin and his brothers? Read More |
$1.5 Million Settlement in Wet Paint Slip and Fall
May 6, 2002
A painter who was injured in a slip and fall reached a $1.5 million settlement on April 3 in his lawsuit against the owners of the building where the accident occurred. Read More |
Dying of Cancer, Woman Battles Bank on Eviction
May 17, 1995
Earlier this month, the world came crashing down on Doris Sanders. Within a few hours, she received a notice of eviction from her home of 19 years and she learned she was dying of cancer. Read More |
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