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On Monday, June 29, 2015, New York City Mayor, Bill De Blasio, signed into law the Fair Chance Act, which places restrictions on employers’ ability to ask job applicants about prior criminal convictions and arrest records.

On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court reversed a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision and sided with the EEOC in a religious discrimination lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.

From MCB's Employment & Labor Practice Group

On April 16, 2015, the New York City Council, by a 47- 3 vote, passed a bill that will make it an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, except in limited circumstances, to use an individual’s consumer credit history in making employment decisions.

On April 20, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation (Bill 690-A) establishing “an employment discrimination testing program.”

Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP featured in Long Island's Top Rated Lawyers

Rosaleen T. McCrory and Yuko A. Nakahara authored an article in the March 6, 2015 edition of MD News entitled "Increase in Litigation against Physicians in Decubitus Ulcer Cases."

Section 202.5(e) of the Uniform Civil Rules For the Supreme Court and the County Court, which becomes mandatory on March 1, 2015, pertains to the redaction of confidential personal information in all papers submitted for filing to New York Supreme and County Courts

Peter T. Crean and Daniel L. Freidlin authored an article in the February 5, 2015 issue of MD News entitled: "Off-label Use of Newer Anticoagulants -- What Should a Patient Be Told?"

Open Payments: Creating Public Transparency in Industry-Physician Financial Relationships