Joan C. Lenihan, Attorney At Law

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Hi All: The Brooklyn Bar Association is sponsoring this timely Continuing Legal Education Program on Whistleblowers and !st Amendment Protections. Only $20 for nonmembers. Should be of interest to nonlawyers too. Check it out! https://mailchi.mp/brooklynbar.org/whistleblower2020-218491

I am going to be a speaker at the City Bar Association's "Bridge the Gap" series tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13th from 3:10 to 4 PM. My topic is "An Introduction to Wrongful Termination Claims." If you are an attorney who needs Continuing Education credits, check it out!

Please tune into the timely NYSBA webinar on unemployment insurance that I will be moderating on Wednesday, August 12th, from 10-12. Regular UI benefits, as well as expanded benefits under the CARES Act, will be explored. We will also examine the structure and procedures of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board. Speakers include Jacob Korder, Nicole Salk, and Chief UIAB Judge Jayson Myers. #UILaw #EmploymentLaw https://nysba.org//unemployment-insurance-and-covid-19-u/

We need ONE UNIFIED version of the New York Whistleblower Law-740! READ WHY https://www.cityandstateny.com//state-legislature-consider AND THEN EMAIL THE FOLLOWING:... EMAIL Carl Heastie, Assembly Speaker: (518) 455-3791 [email protected] Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senate Majority Leader: (518) 455-2585 [email protected] Governor Cuomo: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form

Protect New York’s Whistleblowers! Friends, New York’s current whistleblower law, Labor Law Section 740, is among the weakest in the nation. Under that law, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State’s most valuable front-line workers such as janitors in hospitals and nursing homes, cashiers in supermarkets and factory workers can be fired, without recourse or protection, for complaining to their supervisors or to the State about conditions they believe to be uns...Continue reading

Good Morning All: I will be moderating a City Bar panel entitled: The New York State Unemployment System: "Pre" and "Post" Pandemic. Our speakers will be Jacob Korder, Nicole Salk, and Judge Jayson Myers. This is a timely and important seminar as there have been 40.8 million jobless claims since mid-March. The webinar is on Wednesday, June 10th, and will take place from 10-11:30 AM. Check out the link for further details: https://www.nycbar.org//webcast-the-new-york-state-unempl/