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An arbitrators power to issue an arbitration award is limited to those powers set out in the collective bargaining agreement
An arbitrator?s power to issue an arbitration award is limited to those powers set out in the collective bargaining agreementMatter of Matter of County of Putnam v Putnam County Sheriff's Employees Assn...

Confirming an arbitration award
Confirming an arbitration awardSteuben County v CSEA Local 1000, App. Div., 4th Dept., 292 A.D.2d 810Unhappy with the decision of the arbitrator, Steuben County obtained an order from a State Supreme Court judge vacating the arbitrator's award...

Arbitrators award based on a finding of past practice did not modify the collective bargaining agreement between the parties
Arbitrator?s award based on a finding of ?past practice? did not modify the collective bargaining agreement between the partiesMatter of Romaine v New York City Tr. Auth., 2011 NY Slip Op 02015, Appellate Division, Second DepartmentThe Appellate Division affirmed a Supreme Court decision confirming an arbitration award, noting that ?An arbitration award rendered after a consensual arbitration may be vacated by a court only on the grounds set forth in CPLR 7511(b)...

Arbitration award can being vacated only if shown to be irrational, violative of strong public policy or exceeds the arbitrators powers
Arbitration award can being vacated only if shown to be irrational, violative of strong public policy or exceeds the arbitrator?s powersMatter of City of Peekskill v Local 456, Intl...

The right to appeal an arbitration
The right to appeal an arbitrationWilson v NYC Bd. of Ed., 261 AD2d 409The Wilson decision illustrates a basic tenet to arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement: the ?owners? of the arbitration are the parties to the Taylor Law agreement...

Employee to be paid for estimated lost overtime following the employer's violation of a Taylor Law agreements overtime rotation provision
Employee to be paid for estimated lost overtime following the employer's violation of a Taylor Law agreement?s overtime rotation provisionMatter of Town of Wallkill v Town of Wallkill Police Benevolent Assn...

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Westinghouse
alleging that former Westinghouse employees are being deprived of a choice in health care prescription plan benefits that were formerly available to them through union bargaining.

Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award
Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning

Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award
Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.