By Lindy Korn, Esq. Originally printed in Buffalo Healthy Living Magazine January 2017 Some people with a disability may need a service dog as a reasonable accommodation, in housing where they reside. Many co-ops have policies that prohibit animals in the complex. What should someone do, if they need a…
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Buffalo Law Journal Jane Schmitt, Copy Editor Buffalo Business First Sep 20, 2016 What do you bring to the table as co-chair of the Working Parents Committee of the local chapter of the state Women’s Bar Association? I think my most important contribution ... has been my passion for the…
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Apr 11, 2016, 10:02am EDT By Michael Petro Article appeared in Buffalo Law Journal As a new mother, Buffalo attorney Candace Alnaji understands now more than ever the importance of spending those early months with your baby. Through her employer, the Law Office of Lindy Korn PLLC which represents employees in…
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Published in Buffalo Healthy Living, April 2016 by Lindy Korn, Esq. Do you remember your first job? Were you excited and eager to make a great impression? Did you look up to and respect your employer, believing in promises that your employer made to you? Did you know that if…
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Article appeared in The Daily Record The Second Circuit held in Pippins v. KPMG LLP, (No. 13-889-cv, decided on 7/22/2014), audit associates for a large accounting firm were learned professionals exempt from the FLSA overtime requirements because they performed work requiring advanced knowledge and that required consistent exercise of discretion…
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Article appeared in Sports Litigation Alert Jaclyn Salzwedel, a former softball coach at Clarke University, has filed a suit against her former employer claiming she was wrongfully fired after she rejected its efforts to make her more feminine. Salzwedel began working for the university in August 2010 and says she…
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Warren Glover, 50, was fired as a security director in July, after ten years with the N.B.A., despite a glowing performance record, a recently filed lawsuit alleges (filed in New York State Supreme Court). However, after raising complaints of sexual harassment by his supervisor on behalf of women who were…
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Article appeared in The Daily Record A federal judge has reduced a $1 million punitive damages award to $50,000 following a jury trial in which a black former employee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital proved that management retaliated against him for complaining about racial discrimination in the workplace, Chisholm v.…
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Article appeared in The Daily Record Obese employees are sometimes “regarded as disabled,” whether they suffer from a physiological impairment, and may have claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Consider the case being litigated in federal court in Connecticut. The plaintiff, Warner, began working for the Asplundph Tree Expert…
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When a parent raises a child, he/she will tell the youngster at some point during childhood, to “say you are sorry” for some act of not sharing or being impolite. This occurrence may be repeated throughout the child rearing process. Query—at what stage do adults learn that apologizing is NOT…
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