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  • Alan Behr, Charles LaPolla, Tod Melgar, and Barry Fishkin to attend the 2024 INTA Annual meeting in Atlanta, GA on May 18th.
    04/30/2024

    Phillips Nizer partners, Alan Behr, Charles LaPollaTod Melgar and senior counsel Barry Fishkin from the firms Fashion Law, Intellectual Properties and Trademark practice groups, will be attending, the 2024 INTA Annual meeting in Atlanta, GA on May 18th. 

  • Tod Melgar Presented at the AIPLA Japan Committee Delegate in Tokyo and Osaka
    04/30/2024

    Last week, Tod Melgar, partner and chair in the Patent Law Group Practice and member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice Groups, visited Tokyo and Osaka as a Delegate with the Japan Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
    The visit included meetings with Japan government offices and intellectual property associations, including the Intellectual Property High Court, Japan Patent Office (JPO), Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), Japan Trademark Association (JTA), Licensing Executive Society (LES), Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), and International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
    The visit served to share and exchange ideas and updates on intellectual property issues in the United States and Japan. Mr. Melgar presented on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) at a panel discussion with the Licensing Executive Society of Japan (LES-J) on April 15, and in mock Inter Partes Review proceedings in Tokyo on April 16, and for the JPAA-Kansai Branch in Osaka on April 19.
     
    Learn more about AIPLA's IP Practice in Japan Committee, click here. 

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  • The Final Regulations Interpreting The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Take Effect on June 18, 2024
    06/18/2024

    The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect on June 27, 2023 and applies to employers with at least 15 employees.  The PWFA was intended to fill gaps in the federal and state legal landscape regarding protections for employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.  In many respects, the PWFA expands employers’ obligations to accommodate pregnancy-related conditions beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).   
     
    On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its final regulations (the “Final Regs.”) which interpret the PWFA and provide insight into how the EEOC will enforce the law.  The Final Regs. will take effect on June 18, 2024.  Below are the key takeaways from the Final Regs. and implications for employers’ compliance with the law.

  • Elizabeth Adinolfi Featured in Spring 2024 NYSBA Journal
    04/30/2024

    Elizabeth A. Adinolfi, Partner in Phillips Nizer's Matrimonial and Litigation Practices, specializing in Elder Law, was published in Spring 2024 New York State Bar Association's Journalfor the article, "Chaos in the Courts: A Procedural Solution to Rein in Contested Article 81 Cases", Spring, 2024. The article provides an in-depth review of guardianship procedure and the difficulties those bringing Article 81 guardianship proceedings face.

    Click here to read full article.