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Employment Law Firm Launches Revamped Website
Famighetti & Weinick

On November 1, 2023, the employment law firm Famighetti & Weinick PLLC, launched a revamped website in preparation for its 10th anniversary year. F&W anticipates that the brighter, fresher look to the website will enhance users’ experiences, while continuing to provide quality content about both the firm’s services, and employment law topics. In 2014, F&W…

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Weinick Sworn in to Federal Mediator Panel
Famighetti & Weinick

On November 2, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge Robert Levy swore in Long Island employment lawyer Matthew Weinick as a mediator for the Eastern District of New York. The moment marks the culmination of years of work Weinick has spent training to serve as a mediator for the EDNY panel. Mediation is an informal way…

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New York to Enact Coronavirus Employee Leave Law
Famighetti & Weinick

In these uncertain times, New Yorkers are struggling to find reassurance wherever possible. In the context of employment, employees have been facing questions about job security, income security, and how to balance stay-at-home instructions coming from the government and employers’ attempts to keep their businesses running. On March 18, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo…

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Firm Defeats Plaintiff’s Attempt to Obtain Restraining Order
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Long Island litigation attorney Peter Famighetti obtained a monumental victory for his client, a small business owner. Famighetti defeated a plaintiff’s attempts to restrict the way the business owner operated his business and received profits from the business. Today’s blog discusses the dispute, Famighetti’s work to obtain a favorable result for his client, and the…

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I thought I can’t sue my employer?
Famighetti & Weinick

Famighetti & Weinick PLLC are Long Island employment lawyers. We receive many calls each week from potential clients and we hear a wide variety of questions from them. One question we hear a lot is “I thought I can’t sue my employer?” Why do employees ask this question and what’s the answer? Today’s Long Island…

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Damages in an Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Famighetti & Weinick

How much is an employment discrimination lawsuit worth? As Long Island employment lawyers, this is a frequent question we hear from victims of unlawful workplace discrimination in New York. Victims of discrimination may be able to recover several categories of damages which comprise the total amount that an employment discrimination lawsuit may be worth. Today’s…

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First Amendment and Twitter
Famighetti & Weinick

The right to freedom of speech is a core value guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The First Amendment, however, regulates only government action, not private citizens or private companies. Today’s Long Island civil rights blog discusses whether President Trump’s twitter feed is a public forum subject to protections of the…

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Penalties for Unpaid Wages in New York
Famighetti & Weinick

Employers in New York cannot willfully turn their backs to the state’s minimum wage and overtime laws and expect to get away with it. Courts or the Department of Labor are likely to impose hefty fines or penalties. Today’s employment law blog discusses the penalties employers on Long Island and in the rest of the…

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Supreme Court Decides Case About Arbitration in Employment Cases
Famighetti & Weinick

Unpaid wage and overtime lawsuits are often brought as class actions or collective actions. This way, many employees can band together and use the power of numbers to take on powerful corporations. But, on May 21, 2018, The U.S. Supreme Court practically slammed its doors directly in employees’ faces while providing an easy escape route…

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“Drumbeat of Retaliation” Case Decided
Famighetti & Weinick

Retaliation in the workplace is illegal. The law protects employees who speak up when they believe the employer discriminated against them because of a protected characteristic such as race, gender, age, disability, religion, or national origin. Employers cannot try to “get back” at the employee by negatively affecting his or her job such as by…

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