BLOG from #ABKLaw Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq.: COVID-19 Post-Employment Checklist As stated in our previous post, unemployment insurance filings skyrocketed last week to almost three (3) million new filings. The St. Louis District of the Federal Reserve estimates that the COVID-19 freeze could cost forty-seven million jobs...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: DATs or SAP Summons You’ve been arrested and given a DAT or a Summons – Now What? Enforcement of low-level offenses in New York City has always been arbitrary and inconsistent. Examples of such offenses are trespass, consumption of...
“I am going to make them an offer they can’t refuse” - Vito Corleone BLOG from #ABKLaw Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq.: Severance Agreements The week March 22, 2020 saw over three million individuals file unemployment claims, the most since 1982, as a result of the economic effects of...
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation - Employment Law Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq. brings more than 10 years of civil litigation experience to the impressive roster of attorneys that work with Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, P.C. as an employment and labor law attorney. His practice is dedicated to aggressively advocating for...
If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won’t need a third. -Pete Rose. BLOG from #ABKLaw Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq.: Fair Chance Act People make mistakes. Unfortunately, some mistakes result in criminal convictions. However, serving a sentence is only half the battle. Once...
#ABKLaw IN THE NEWS: Our attorney Lawrence Spasojevich on News12 The Bronx "Several food concession workers who worked at Yankee Stadium during the summer months are claiming they were not paid. The group has now filed a civil lawsuit at Bronx Supreme Court. Attorney Lawrence...
The Criminalization of Dangerous Driving In New York, the prosecution of sober drivers who disregard minor traffic regulations and cause the death or physical injury of other motorists, pedestrians or bicyclists, has been criticized as weak or non-existent. This is due, in large part, to a...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: DNA databases, Ancestry.com, and Privacy Can your Ancestry.com purchase help solve a crime? Forensic genealogy is the use of DNA to help solve crimes. CODIS is the largest and primary law enforcement DNA database. It is maintained by the...
BLOG from #ABKLaw Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq.: New Development in Employment Law: Dramatic Increase in Employees Eligible for Overtime Pay “Remember, everything is right until it’s wrong.” – Ernest Hemingway Everyone, paid either by salary or paid by the hour, is entitled to receive overtime pay until they...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: New York City’s “Vision Zero” Law New York City’s “Vision Zero” Law, which we detailed in an earlier blog post, allows criminal charges to be filed against drivers who strike, and either kill or seriously injure a pedestrian...