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You Do Not Need to Show Unequal Pay for Equal Work to bring a Title VII Pay Discrimination Claim
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Both the federal Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibit pay discrimination based on gender. But while the EPA and Title VII are related,...
Second Circuit Halves Damages Against UPS for Shipping Untaxed Cigarettes
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
To offset the billions smoking costs New York, the state created a large excise tax. In turn, that created a large market for smuggled cigarettes, since many...
Second Circuit Says Mazars USA Must Hand Over Donald Trump's Tax Returns
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a grand jury's subpoena to Mazars USA to produce President Trump's tax returns for the last eight years...
Donald Trump's Tax Returns and the Second Circuit
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Great Library of Alexandria burned down in 48 B.C., and we lost an unimaginable wealth of ancient collected knowledge. Nikola Tesla's research lab in New...
Brooklyn Man Held on Someone Else's Immigration Detainer
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
In a case of mistaken identity and a lot of agency finger-pointing, the Second Circuit recently revived a claim by Brooklyn resident Luis Hernandez that he was...
Fox News Conspiracy Machine
By Jeremy Conrad, Esq. | Last updated on
Media outlets are often accused of promulgating fake news these days. The Second Circuit case of Rich v. Fox News Network, LLC laid out what may be the most...