RECENT NEWS

On October 13, 2010, Louis Pechman will moderate the program "How to Handle a Wage and Hour Case" at New York County Lawyers' Association.

Laurie Berke-Weiss and Louis Pechman were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).  Laurie and Lou have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006.

Laurie Berke-Weiss and Louis Pechman have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of New York Super Lawyers®.

The East Hampton Star and 27East.com reported on Berke-Weiss & Pechman’s lawsuit against Trata East, a Hamptons’ restaurant, and its affiliated restaurant in Manhattan. The lawsuit alleges violations of the Fair Labor Standards Acts and the New York Labor Law.

The New York Law Journal published “Trade Secrets and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,” an article by Laurie Berke-Weiss, on June 15, 2010.  Click here to read the article.

Laurie Berke-Weiss spoke on "Litigating a Trade Secrets Case," at the 63rd Annual Conference on Labor - Resolving Labor and Employment Disputes:  A Practical Guide on June 3, 2010.  The event was sponsored by The Center for Labor and Employment Law at NYU School of Law, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and St. John’s University School of Law.

On May 13 and 20, 2010, Louis Pechman moderated the program "How to Handle an Employment Discrimination Case" at New York County Lawyers' Association.  For more information, please visit NYCLA's website. Lou has been moderating the program since 1996.

Laurie Berke-Weiss was awarded the prestigious Judge William Groat Award from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations on April 20, 2010.  Laurie received this award, along with fellow ILR alum Hon. Seth Harris, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, in front of 500 ILR faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends at The Pierre Hotel.  The Groat Award is presented annually by Cornell ILR in recognition of the recipients’ professional accomplishments and service to the ILR School.

Laurie Berke-Weiss was featured in the ILR News Center on April 8, 2010.  Laurie was honored with the Judge William Groat Award on April 20, 2010 for her professional achievements and service to Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Laurie Berke-Weiss was invited to speak at the Thirteenth Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges, which took place on March 17, 2010.  Laurie was on a panel discussing trade secrets, non-competition clauses, and the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.  The event was sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration and The Center for Labor and Employment Law at NYU School of Law.

Berke-Weiss & Pechman filed a lawsuit on behalf of the banquet waiters at The Waldorf Astoria for the misappropriation of service charges and special banquet gratuities. This case was reported in The New York Times and Reuters on February 25, 2010.

Louis Pechman was quoted in the New York Post regarding the 3.15 million dollar settlement Berke-Weiss & Pechman reached on behalf of the waiters of Sparks Steak House. To read more about the settlement, click here.