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Yes. Federal employees who are eligible for Temporary Continuation of Coverage (“TCC”) receive the same extensions of the 65% continuation health coverage subsidy as do employees in the private sector. According to the federal employees health benefits blog maintained by Ermer & Brownwell PLLC, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (the “DOD Act”), which takes effect…Read More

An appeal as of right to New York’s Appellate Division must be taken within 30 days after the appellant has been served with a copy of the objectionable judgment or order, with notice of its entry. N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5513(a). Not until that service will the 30 days begin to run, and it makes no difference that the appellant knows of…Read More

On December 23, 2009, the Manhattan County Supreme Court denied the motion to dismiss of the law firm defendant, and held that the plaintiff, a former associate at the firm, stated a cause of action for violation of an oral contract to pay the plaintiff one-tenth of the legal fees that the firm collected in any cases which the plaintiff…Read More

Last June, the State of New York enacted a statute, amending section 3221(m) of the New York Insurance Law, that lengthens continuation health coverage to 36 months. As a result, group insurers to which New York insurance law applies are required to offer continuation health coverage on termination of employment for 36 months, notwithstanding that the federal COBRA law mandates…Read More