Labor & Employment

Employee Benefits (ERISA)

Sara Pikofsky | Jones Day

Following the spectacular collapse of Enron in 2001, a cottage litigation industry was created in which a handful of plaintiffs’ firms now routinely rush to bring ERISA class actions whenever a pension plan invests in the stock of the corporate sponsor and the stock price declines...

Labor & Employment

Bennett Pine | Anderson Kill

In the Autumn 2009 Employment Law Insider Alert we informed employers about amendments to the New York State Labor Law that required employers to provide written notice to all newly hired employees of rate of pay, regular paydays and the overtime rate of pay, if applicable. Newly...

Real Estate

Sheryl J. Willert, Daniel Brown | Williams Kastner

Editor: On April 1, 2011, the new Dodd-Frank Loan Officer Rules (Reg Z) took effect. Please describe the intent of the rules and their major provisions. Willert: The Regulation Z changes had multifaceted intent but generally sought to set the industry on the right path after the loan...