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  • November 06 2025

    Client Alert – UPDATE: Expanded Sick Leave Obligations for New York City Employers

    The amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) discussed in our prior alert have been automatically enacted due to the Mayor’s failure to either sign or veto the bill passed by the City Counsel. Based upon the October 25, 2025 enactment, the ESSTA amendments, discussed further in our client alert below, go into effect on February 22, 2026.

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  • November 05 2025

    Client Alert: New York Launches the Secure Choice Savings Program

    The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (the “Program”), which we discussed in our previous client alert, has been officially launched. The Program requires covered private-sector employers to participate in an automatic-enrollment Roth IRA program.

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  • November 05 2025

    Paul Rooney, a member of the Firm, wrote an article for Total Food Service titled: “Where Do The Children Go? To Work – In Your Restaurant.”  In the article, Paul discusses the severe labor-shortage problem facing the hospitality industry in the wake of declining immigrant/undocumented worker availability. Adult-workers willing and able to fill roles in hospitality are scarce, as a result, employers may increasingly consider hiring younger workers — including teenagers as young as 14 — which was once uncommon in the sector.

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  • November 03 2025

    Client Alert: The Department of Homeland Security Ends Automatic Extensions of EADs

    On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most noncitizens who submit timely renewal applications. This represents a substantial change to longstanding USCIS policy and could create employment authorization lapses, introducing additional compliance and administrative burdens for employers.

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  • October 29 2025

    Genprex, Inc. announced the closing of its registered direct offering in the amount of $10,000,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.

  • October 29 2025

    Client Alert: California Expands Paid Family Leave Eligibility

    Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation expanding eligibility under California’s Paid Family Leave program to include coverage for individuals who are caring for a “designated person.” A designated person is defined as “any care recipient related by blood or whose association with the individual is the equivalent of a family relationship.”

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  • October 28 2025

    Annovis Bio, Inc. announced the closing of its registered direct offering in the amount of $3,400,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.

  • October 28 2025

    Client Alert: The California Workplace Know Your Rights Act Imposes New Employer Obligations in the New Year

    California has introduced the Workplace Know Your Rights Act (the “Act), creating new compliance requirements for employers and the Labor Commissioner.  Noncompliance may result in $500 per employee, per violation, and up to $10,000 per employee for ongoing emergency contact violations.

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  • October 27 2025

    Robin Energy Ltd. announced the closing of its registered direct offering in the amount of $7,000,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.

  • October 24 2025

    Genprex, Inc. announced the closing of its registered direct offering in the amount of $8,100,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.

  • October 23 2025

    Texxon Holding Limited announced the closing of its initial public offering in the amount of $9,500,000.  EGS acted as counsel to Texxon Holding Limited.

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