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[NEW YORK, NY]—December 4, 2025—Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a business specializing in legal services, is proud to announce national re-certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women President’s Educational Organization, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned business certification in the […]

On November 21, 2025, a Black former IT director at Merck, Richard Davis, won a $6 million judgment after a Manhattan federal jury found that the company fired him because of his race. The verdict followed a five-day trial before Judge Vincent Briccetti in the Southern District of New York. Davis filed suit in 2022 […]

On November 14, 2025, the New Jersey Superior Court ruled that Ms. Elaine Chen can proceed in court with her discrimination and retaliation claims pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) against the NY Jets. Ms. Chen worked as the Vice President of Finance for the Jets for approximately fifteen years until she […]

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is pleased to announce that 8 of our attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, as top-rated attorneys in the United States. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional […]

On October 23, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Brown v. Montefiore Health System found that a former Montefiore employee has sufficiently alleged race discrimination and hostile work environment claims, overturning a trial court ruling that had dismissed the case.   The plaintiff, Brown, is a Black dietician who worked […]

On October 9, 2025, the New York City Council passed Int. 982A/Int. 984A, which mandates that private employers with more than 200 employees working in the City report pay data for its employees. Employers will be required to submit anonymized pay data for employees broken down by occupation title, race, ethnicity, sex, and any other […]

For many employees returning from maternal leave, the transition back to work is not only physically demanding, but emotionally taxing. The period immediately after childbirth is one of recovery and adjustment, and yet, new mothers are often expected to resume their professional responsibilities without acknowledgment of the realities their bodies and families are still navigating. […]

Workers fighting for fair pay scored an important win when a federal judge ruled that Consolidated Edison (ConEd) can be held accountable as a “hiring party” under New York City’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act (FIFA) in Ortiz v. Consol. Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., No. 1:22-cv-08957 (JLR) (GS) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 24, 2025). This ruling establishes […]

On August 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in EEOC v. AAM Holding Corp. held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can continue investigating discrimination claims even after issuing a right-to-sue letter and the complainant filing their claim in court. The case arose from claims by dancers at adult entertainment […]

Many employees believe that if they have signed an arbitration agreement, they have effectively released their ability to bring civil rights claims. But the law requires that arbitration be a fair and neutral process, and if the arbitration clause stacks the deck too far in favor of the employer, courts can refuse to enforce it. […]

On July 23, 2025, a press release from the city clerk of Los Angeles, California announced that Ordinance 188610, enacted in May 2025 to increase the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers, is being suspended indefinitely while a referendum against the law is under review. Ordinance 188610 contains scheduled minimum wage increases to take […]

If you’ve been punished at work for taking—or even just requesting—paternity or maternity leave, you should know that what happened to you may be illegal. A recent decision from a Brooklyn court demonstrates how New York law protects workers who are caregivers or new parents from unequal treatment in the workplace. In Naulla v. WrkArt […]