Years ago you would only read about a data breach once in a blue moon – it was the rare exception. Fortunately, it continues to be the rare exception, but as the world has moved to become fully digital, the frequency of significant data breaches is no longer like finding a four-leaf clover. Every business must anticipate the possibility of a data breach, more a function of the magnitude of the “when” vs. the “if”. All companies which collect personally identifiable informatio

The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act goes into effect on October 29, 2018. The Act applies to all New Jersey Employers. It provides for mandatory sick leave to employees, including part-time, student, and seasonal workers. For more information, follow this link:Client Alert NJ Paid Sick Leave - L.Paxton. OlenderFeldman has a new HR auditing program known as HIRES which proactively troubleshoots legal compliance issues, including compliance with state and federal leave requir

Medical Practice Transactions necessarily implicate Employment, Corporate and Regulatory issues for both the buyers and sellers. OlenderFeldman LLP regularly advises physicians as well as medical practices on navigating these issues. For more information on the range of considerations implicated by transactions in the medical field, follow this link:https://www.olenderfeldman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Client-Alert-Helping-Physicians.pdf For additional information, pleas

Enforcement officials signal focus on pre-employment background check compliance; non-compliant job postings provide fertile ground for litigation. New York and New Jersey are among the more than 30 states across the nation that have adopted legislation precluding employers from querying job applicants’ criminal history -- so-called “Ban the Box” laws. Recent enforcement proceedings and guidance from the EEOC confirm that businesses must do more than just remove the criminal

Restricted Stock Units vs. Restricted Equity Grants These two vehicles for granting equity are often confused, and they have vastly different outcomes. RSU’s An RSU is a contractual right to receive stock at a future date based on vesting criteria, typically time based vesting but it can also be performance vesting. A recipient receives a grant agreement for RSU’s today, which provides that each year the recipient will receive X shares of stock, based on time vesting. The rec

The CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020, with enforcement by the California Attorney General not commencing until July 1, 2020. As a general matter, the CCPA applies to any for-profit company conducting any business in California which collects consumers’ personal information (which would include cookies and the like) and determines alone or with others the purpose and means of processing (using) this information, and: (1) Has annual gross revenues in excess of $25 milli

As we end the second month of what is proving to be a very busy 2020, we thought we would share some highlights of 2019 to illustrate the range of industries of our corporate clients. Mergers & Acquisitions Merger of network infrastructure hardware and software company with public acquirer for $155MM. Counsel for Seller. Sale of market research company in the pharmaceutical, pharmacy and benefits provider industries to private equity for $57.7MM. Counsel for Seller. S

In today’s complex and “flat-world” business environment, technology rules. However, along with technology comes countless industry-specific, international, national and state-based regulatory schemes which dictate how, when, why and where data can be processed. Of course, these regulatory and legal requirements are often in addition to your contractual and business obligations. Keeping track of everything can be complicated, and appropriate compliance is not always easy o

Kurt D. Olender, Esq. – EO Mash up – AFS Fired Up Reaching New Levels of Presentation and Coaching on February 5, 2019 Michael J. Feldman, Esq. – RSMG Business Alliance – Fourth Annual Executive Business Forum “Cyber Security – Your Business and You” on April 23, 2019 Donna H. Hartman, Esq. – Alcohol Beverage Importers & Distributors Conference “Trademarks – Are Your Brands Protected?” on May 14, 2019 Kurt D. Olender, Esq. – SAP Panel – Insight 2020 Lightening Round Secrets f