Laurie Berke-Weiss has been selected to the 2018 Top 100 Lawyers: NY Metro List, and to the Top 50 Women: NY Metro List. Alexandra Berke has been selected to the 2018 New York Rising Stars list.
The International Bar Association surveyed practicing lawyers around the world, identifying barriers to women in commercial legal practice achieving senior positions and positions of authority in their law firms.
The New York State Legislature and New York City Council have recently enacted new measures in an attempt to prevent sexual harassment. Both legislative bodies passed a series of new laws that employers need to be aware of and comply with.
On Friday, January 5, the U.S. Department of Labor adopted a new test for determining whether interns qualify as employees under the FLSA, rescinding agency guidance from 2010.
Berke-Weiss Law PLLC is proud to announce it has been certified as a woman owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States.
As employers and employees across New York State get ready for New York State’s Paid Family leave to go into effect on January 1st, public employees who are not covered by the law are looking on in frustration.
Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke were published in the November 2017 edition of the Woman Advocate, the American Bar Association's newsletter for women litigators.
