A decision last week from New York's highest court preserving long-standing age limitations on judicial service left unresolved questions about the reach of a nearly 2-year-old constitutional amendment expanding state antidiscrimination protections, experts said.
A contractor that helps administer a New York state Medicaid program has agreed to pay at least $162 million to resolve a sweeping suit alleging it failed to timely and accurately pay about 200,000 personal assistants, according to a motion filed in New York federal court.
The question of whether a worker consents to arbitrate even if they don't open emails containing opt-out instructions for an arbitration pact, which the Ninth Circuit is considering, hinges on if the worker acknowledged having received the emails, attorneys said.