On Friday, June 5, 2015, forty-three companies submitted their applications to the New York State Department of Health all seeking to become one of the five organizations to be registered by the State to produce, grow or sell medical marihuana. Each of the five successful applicants will be authorized to locate four facilities for dispensing…
In December 2014, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in the matters of Purple Communications, Inc. and Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, 361 NLRB 126 (2014). The case involved attempts by the Communications Workers of America to unionize at Purple Communications Inc., a company that provides sign-language interpretation services. The employer had maintained…
By Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP posted in Nonprofits For nonprofits that own real property and enjoy exemption from real property taxes, this time of year can be a little treacherous. The law requires such tax-exempt nonprofits to renew their real property tax exemption by filing certain forms by March 1. The tricky part is that…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Palma v. National Labor Relations Board, Docket No. 12-1199 (2013), recently held that the Congressional intent in the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”) prevents an award of back-pay to undocumented workers in a labor dispute. The Second Circuit in making its ruling…
