Two different state senate bodies recently passed legislation that will shield various businesses from liability for COVID-19 infections. In Kentucky, where the house had passed liability shield legislation in January, the state senate passed its owned version which protects businesses from pandemic related lawsuits unless the business engaged in “wanton, willful, malicious or grossly negligent…
Read More »Not too dissimilar from its New York counterpart, a similar requirement will also take effect next month in South Carolina, of all places. The South Carolina legislature passed the Pregnancy Accommodations Act earlier this year and it was signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster on May 17. The Act amends the South Carolina Human…
Read More »The phrase has its roots in New York City, but now so-called “fair workplace” bills are under serious consideration in the state of Connecticut as well as the city of Philadelphia. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced his support for a slate of “fair workplace” bills that includes expanding the state’s paid family and medical leave…
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For 16 years, George Ross worked in Times Square for Morgan Stanley as an Institutional Equity Trader. Day in and day out he traded technology stocks worldwide to institutions and hedge funds. “I was tied to 6 screens from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day,” Ross says. But it was his job, and he…
Read More »One of the complaints about Styrofoam is that it doesn’t break down quickly enough from an environmental standpoint, and the same could be said about efforts to ban its use across the country. We haven’t had to talk much about municipal bans on single-use polystyrene containers over the past few months, but don’t think the…
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