GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

WARNING: I know it's April Fool's Day, but this is not a joke. You know all about statutory and regulatory requirements for financial institutions to protect customer information that go back to Gramm Leach Bliley. However, a federal court recently held that an employer's information confidentiality policy violated the National Labor Relations Act because it could prohibit employees from discussing organizing a union outside the office.

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GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Under recent legislation all New York City multi-family dwellings consisting of three or more apartments (including coops and condos) must adopt a smoking policy by August 28, 2018 and provide the policy to all current and prospective residents. This requirement has caused many coops and condos to consider making their buildings "smoke-free" by prohibiting smoking in individual apartments as well as the common areas of the building.

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GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

An appellate court sided with a contractor which drilled into a building's 60-year old gas line. The contractor had to pay for the repair to the line, but not to replace the original valves which caused it to fail a pressure test required by code.

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