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When Is Advertising False Advertising?
Editor: As co-head of Proskauer’s False Advertising & Trademark Group, you have had a distinguished career as a trial lawyer and counselor. Please explain the purpose and coverage of the Lanham Act. Weinstein: The Lanham Act actually has two different components. Most people know it...
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How To Prepare For The Next Government Shutdown (Should It Occur)
Editor: Please describe your practice, particularly that part of your practice that involves advising federal government contractors and subcontractors on the many unique employment issues. Bertram: I head the DC labor and employment practice and co-chair the government contractor practice at...
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Facts You Should Know About The Affordable Care Act
Editor: Please describe the key ACA requirements that are now in effect. Napoli: Most of the coverage mandates under ACA are in place. A few examples are the mandates requiring no lifetime dollar limits on essential health benefits; minimum annual limits on the dollar value of essential health...
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“Clean Hands” Enables Defensible Hiring Practices Despite Non-Competes
Editor: Please tell our readers about your professional backgrounds. Barry: We both serve as co-heads of Proskauer’s Non-Compete & Trade Secrets Group, an interdisciplinary team that provides counsel and litigates for clients on employee movement between competitors and in...
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Proskauer’s Boca Raton Office: Site Of Dynamic Growth
Editor: You recently moved from Proskauer’s New York office to its Boca Raton office. What can you tell us about that experience? Kornreich: I was born and raised in New York and went to college in upstate New York at Cornell University and law school at Fordham. I am a...
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Supreme Court's DOMA Decision Affects Employers' Obligations Under The FMLA
On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal law that defined "marriage" as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and "spouse" as a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. United States v. Windsor...
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How Will The Supreme Court's DOMA Decision Impact Your Employee Benefit Plans?
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that will affect virtually all employers across the country. In United States v. Windsor, the Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. That section of...
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