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In terms of claims in New York against police officers or police departments and excessive force, there is always going to be an analysis of what force was necessary in order to subdue or restrain the person being arrested. Sometimes, you have situations where an...

Due process in New York is always an area that needs to be looked at in terms of the type of employment that you hold. In the private setting there typically is no right to due process. Typically, the right to due process is found in employment in White Plains, New...

Equal protection is another avenue where an employee can bring a complaint against their employer in White Plains, NY and  where they are being treated differently. In addition, to the laws that cover discrimination in the work place, title seven covers discrimination...

Depending on what happened in the school setting if a college student is expelled from school, sometimes there is a special proceeding that can be brought to challenge that dismissal in White Plains, NY. We need to look at the facts and circumstances, what evidence...

The employee lawyers at Gould & Berg in White Plains, NY, we have many clients who come to us who have worked for employers and have signed a non-compete agreement which may have a solicitation in it, and these employee want to start their own business.  The...

The student discipline lawyers in White Plains at Gould & Berg LLP, have had university students coming to us in both the public setting and the private setting who have been accused of cheating on an examination, or plagiarism and the question is, can a lawyer...

We have had a number of situations where students in White Plains, NY have been subject to discipline and these are university students, public school students, or private university students and there are steps that can be taken to challenge that discipline....

We have had many parents of high school students in White Plains, NY receive a letter from the principal of their child’s school advising them that the child has been suspended for five days and on the fifth day of that suspension there will be a superintendent...

In our practice in White Plains, NY we have a number of municipal employees who come to us with disciplinary problems.  Also, depending upon the status of that employee they may not be fired without notice, without charges, or without a hearing. If the employee in New...

In our practice in White Plains, NY we have seen many municipal employees, a good number of those employees have protected civil service status. Employees are appointed pursuant to the New York state civil service law, a civil service eligible list, and they are...