April 24, 2025

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Berke-Weiss Law Says Goodbye to Their Wonderful 2024-2025 Student Law Clerk!

Last Thursday marked the final day at Berke-Weiss Law for our wonderful student law clerk, Fordham Law student Eileen Farrell. Eileen joined the Firm as a summer law clerk in 2024 and continued to work with the Firm throughout the school year. We are so appreciative of her hard work, thoughtful questions, and helpful research. Her contributions were felt throughout the firm, and we will miss having her as a member of the team. The firm wishes Eileen well as she leaves to embark on her 2L summer!

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Americans Still Uncomfortable Returning to Work or Being in Crowds

May 20, 2020

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As we learn more about the virus, one thing that is increasingly clear is that many of the major outbreaks are occurring at the workplace, with significant hotspots at prisons, call centers, meat processing facilities, and warehouses where many people are crammed together in poorly ventilated areas. At the end of April, 66% of workers were not comfortable returning to the workplace.

Culture Wars, Not Class Struggle, at the Root of Anti-Lockdown Protests

May 19, 2020

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Though media outlets, politicians and protestors all claim that these protests against shutdown represent the will of the working class, polls have repeatedly shown that the less income you have, the more likely you are to be concerned about infection.

Early Discrimination Lawsuits Under Families First Act Highlight Potential New Front in Employment Discrimination

May 15, 2020

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The Families First Act stipulates that employers must give employee-parents whose children’s day care facilities or schools closed in response to coronavirus paid leave if they cannot work remotely. Lawsuits are already being filed relating to violations of this Act, and family responsibilities discrimination will be a growing field in the coming months.

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