On December 26, 2007, United States District Judge Jeffery White granted summary judgment in favor of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's challenge to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance. The judge held that the Ordinance is invalid because it is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and issued an injunction against implementation.

Yann Geron was featured in the Law360 article "Thelen Judge Approves Trustee’s Deals with 3 Ex-Partners."

A $4 million settlement was recently signed off by a New York bankruptcy judge to resolve a class action lawsuit brought on by former employees of Thelen LLP.

"The authors discuss meal and rest break litigation in California, a recent decision by the California Supreme Court, the issues that that decision settles and leaves unsettled, and questions employers should consider in auditing their practices and creating compliance programs to avoid future liability."

On November 14, 2007, the Social Security Administration (SSA) confirmed that it would not be issuing "no-match" letters to employers based on information it obtained from employers in 2006.

On June 4, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2007-49 addressing identification of "covered employees" subject to the limit on deductible compensation imposed by section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, and eliminating the uncertainty that had existed since the Securities and Exchange Commission amended its executive compensation disclosure rules on September 6, 2006.

Yann Geron was featured in the "Law360" article "Thelen Trustee Settles with Ex-Partner over Unfinished Biz".

A New York federal judge has approved settlements between the trustee for bankrupt Thelen LLP and three former partners who agreed to repay compensation from business completed after the law firm dissolved in 2008.

The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Thelen LLP’s estate has urged a New York bankruptcy court to rule on when four former Thelen partners being sued in clawback litigation received allegedly fraudulent payments.

In this whitepaper, Kenneth Adler, a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner and Chair of the Outsourcing group, along with Danny Ertel, a founding partner of Vantage Partners and the head of its Outsourcing practice, examine the dynamics that typically drive many of the problems in outsourcing relationships and provide the keys to developing workable and durable solutions.

On December 26, 2007, United States District Judge Jeffery White granted summary judgment in favor of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's challenge to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance.

On November 23, 2007, Judge Charles R. Breyer granted a stay at the request of the Department Of Homeland Security ("DHS"), effectively putting a hold on the litigation surrounding the provisions of the DHS's "Safe Harbor" rule.

Yann Geron was featured in the New York Law Journal article "Amici Briefs From Firms Fault ‘Unfinished Business’ Doctrine."

Yann Geron was featured in the Law360 article "Thelen Trustee Hits 6 More Ex-Partners with Clawbacks." While the full text can be found in the August 26, 2013, issue of Law360, a synopsis is noted below.

Yann Geron was featured in Law360 article "Ex-Thelen Partner Mounts Last Stand Against Clawback Suit." Full text can be found in the July 14, 2015, issue, but a synopsis is below.

Each edition of this e-newsletter addresses one interesting legal development in the area of privacy and data security, in a brief "question and answer" format. Each edition is intended to be read in about a minute, yet will update you on an important development.

As we reported earlier this year, the PRC enacted sweeping new laws governing employment contracts. Those laws will become effective very soon. If you have operations and employees in China, you need to comply with the New Labor Contract Law effective January 1, 2008.

This morning, the California Supreme Court issued its eagerly-awaited decision in Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, holding that the additional hour pay imposed under Labor Code Section 226.7 for missed meal or rest breaks is a wage (rather than a penalty) subject to a three-year statute of limitations.

The "Green Card" Lottery is the colloquial name for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV 2009). The program makes available 50,000 immigrant visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

A new law recently passed in the State of New York requires the secure disposal of records that contain sensitive personal information. This law becomes effective December 4, 2006 and requires that all businesses dispose of records containing "personal identifying information" in a responsible manner.