To keep our clients and friends abreast of how we help our clients, below is a recent example: The growing business law firm of Rubenstein Business Law recently obtained a favorable settlement for a prestigious New Jersey-based medical services company in a lawsuit against its general contractor for non-payment of services. Rubenstein Business Law filed a Complaint against the general contractor for non-payment of services involving a medical office in Manhattan. In its Compl

That’s because federal labor law says that employees always have a right to talk about the terms and conditions of their employment. And that’s true regardless of whether the employees belong to a union. The case involved a non-union trucking company in Fort Worth, Texas that made its workers sign a confidentiality agreement. The agreement said that workers could not reveal any “financial information” or “personnel information” to anyone outside the company. Although the agre

A manufacturer isn't allowed to make false or misleading statements in its advertising or on a product label. However, in a recent case involving the Gerber baby food company, a California court ruled that claims made on its labels, while vague and open to interpretation, were not over the line. Gerber said on some of its labels that its products were "an excellent source" of various vitamins and minerals, that they provided "natural immune support" and helped create "healthy

The National Labor Relations Board has adopted new, “streamlined” rules for union elections that create additional requirements for businesses and could dramatically shorten the time between when a union files a notice and when a vote is held. Union elections could now be held as little as 13 days after a union files a petition. This means companies will have to scramble to meet very short deadlines, and may have little or no time to respond and make their case to their worke