Employment Law Insights Blog | John J. Zidziunas & Associate

The one-year rule is only part of the picture in New York. What may still be open at three years, seven years and twenty years.

A civil rights claim for gender-motivated violence in New York City, with punitive damages and legal fees, and no criminal case required.

Why an employer is rarely liable automatically in New York, and what works instead: hiring, supervision, retention and premises security.

A claim against a public hospital, school or agency in New York may require written notice within ninety days. Adults get no exemption.

A criminal case punishes. A civil case compensates. You do not need a conviction, a charge or a police report to bring one.

New Jersey counts seven years from reasonable discovery, not from the assault. Why remembering is not the same as discovering.

Hotels, schools, clinics and landlords may share responsibility when they ignore a known risk. How institutional liability works.

Battery, emotional distress, negligent supervision and premises claims in New Jersey, and the higher bar adults face against public bodies.

Pseudonym filings, protective orders and confidential settlements. What becomes public in a civil sexual assault case, and what does not.

The Gender-Motivated Violence Act may give survivors a civil claim in New York City, including against parties that enabled the violence.