Governor Andrew Cuomo
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Lawyer: Rockefeller U tried to cover its financial tracks when it contacted victims of child sex abuse
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – How many alleged victims could join a class action against Rockefeller University Hospital for allegedly covering up decades of a doctor's child sexual abuse may be indicated by the number of letters the university sent to former patients. -
NY AG, Governor sue federal government over commercial fishery quotas
The federal government is facing a lawsuit by New York State's Attorney General and Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the "federal fluke" quota allocations pertaining to the state's commercial fluke (summer flounder) fishery. -
Look for new workplace sexual harassment bills to make it through N.Y. legislature
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Two workplace sexual harassment bills introduced into the New York State Senate earlier this month could be headed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk sooner rather than later, two Albany legislative and regulatory attorneys say. -
New York's own FMLA poses challenges for employers, attorney says
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new Family and Medical Leave Act that will provide the nation’s most comprehensive paid family leave program to New York employees but may present serious challenges for employers. -
N.Y. AG committed to fighting federal quotas in fishing industry
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday to call on the U.S. Department of Commerce to reassess regulations related to legal quotas of summer flounder. -
N.Y. AG announces legislation to close foreclosure loophole
BRONX, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced proposed legislation on Thursday that would close a loophole banks have used since the financial crisis to deny foreclosure victims their right to a court-mediated settlement conference. -
Work of AGs, supreme courts explored in 'hellhole' report
McCollum WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - As usual, state attorneys general and state supreme courts received a share of the attention in the American Tort Reform Association's annual Judicial Hellholes report. -
Cuomo settles over Greenpoint oil spill
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he has reached a $25 million settlement with an oil giant that was allegedly responsible for an oil spill in Greenpoint, N.Y.