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Bernabei & Kabat Continues to Submit Amicus Briefs Challenging the Travel Ban

Bernabei & Kabat have continued to submit amicus briefs on behalf of a number of civil rights organizations who are supporting the plaintiffs in ongoing challenges to the Administration's "travel ban" Executive Orders.

How Confidentiality Provisions in Sexual Harassment Settlements Can Benefit Plaintiffs

In recent months, following a string of high-profile sexual harassment scandals, a national debate has ignited over whether confidentiality provisions in sexual harassment settlements should be permitted under law.

Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets? 4 Reasons To Mediate

You think your spouse is hiding assets and you want to hire a pit bull attorney. Here’s 4 reasons why mediation is still better.

Children’s Grief During Divorce

As family mediators, we see parents so enmeshed in the throes of conflict, they don’t recognize that their children are grieving let alone help them through the process. Knowing more about grieving myths and children’s grieving process will help us better support our clients as they process their own feelings and help their children grieve.

Mediation Reduces Impact Of High Conflict On Young Children

Divorce mediation helps parents minimize their conflict and restructure their connection to form a new parenting relationship even before the completion of the divorce. Litigation often focuses on why one parent is ineffective and inferior prompting more anger and more conflict.

How to Discuss Divorce Mediation When Your Spouse Doesn't Know You Want a Divorce

Even if you can’t talk to each other mediation is effective, but both of you must agree to try.

Am I An Employee

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on, among other reasons, the employee's race, religion, national origin, and sex.

Vaccines

With many states declaring flu epidemics and with the spread of other communicable diseases, many employers, particularly in the health care industry, are requiring employees to receive vaccinations.

Snow Days

Long Island is prone to Nor'Easters and other significant snow and weather events. A popular question is whether employers must pay their employees when the business closes due to snow or other inclement weather. Today's Long Island employment law blog discusses pay issues related to weather emergencies.

FMLA Retaliation Standard Relaxed

The Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) is a federal law which allows eligible employees to take a leave of absence from work for several reasons such as when dealing with a serious health condition of the employee or their family.

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