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 ALIZA F. HERZBERG
Partner / New York
Aliza Herzberg helps employers manage all aspects of their relationships with their employees. Aliza represents companies in litigations and arbitrations relating to employment discrimination, harassment, non-competition and employment agreements. She also counsels U.S. and U.K. based companies with offices in the U.S. on a variety of employment issues including compliance with employment laws and regulations, reductions in force, negotiation of employment and severance agreements and the due diligence associated with mergers and acquisitions.
Aliza was named for inclusion to the New York Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters lawyer rating service, for 2010 and 2011.
NEWS ROOM
Aliza frequently appears on various CNBC shows regarding employment issues. To view her most recent appearance, click here.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Favorably negotiated employment agreements for a management team at a publicly traded company in connection with its acquisition by a private equity firm.
• Defended a United Kingdom based insurer and its United States consultant in the Southern District of New York concerning claims arising out of a restrictive covenant.
• Argued and won a temporary restraining order against 14 former employees of a United Kingdom based publishing company, based on theft of trade secret and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
• Won dismissal of a complaint filed by a former employee who claimed discrimination on the basis of his immigration status. Gonzalez v. Tri Component Products Inc., 9 OCAHO No. 1118 (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review 2005).
• Obtained a temporary restraining order against former brokers of a national insurance brokerage firm, restricting brokers from servicing and soliciting their former employer's clients based on their restrictive covenants.
• Jury verdict, affirmed by the Second Circuit, in favor of a financial services firm, after trial in the Southern District of New York over claims of national origin discrimination, and counterclaims of fraud and self-dealing.
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York and New Jersey
MEMBER
New York State Bar Association |
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Employment Litigation
Employment Practices
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1994, Dean's List
M.A., with honors
B.A., cum laude with honors, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
January 9, 2012
Olshan Client Acquired by National Financial Partners
January 4, 2012
InsideCounsel Quotes Herzberg on Handling Employee Misdeeds
December 12, 2011
Olshan Presents “Legal Issues Involving Social Media” Webinar
September 21, 2011
Sixteen Olshan Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers®
August 12, 2011
Herzberg Serves as Speaker on BLR Webinar
April 25, 2011
Wolosky Leads Firebirds Sale
February 8, 2011
Wolosky and Schlesinger Handle Acquisition for BNS
October 21, 2010
Herzberg Interviewed on CNBC’s Power Lunch
October 1, 2010
Fourteen Olshan Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers®
August 10, 2010
CNBC Interviews Herzberg
January 2012
Co-Author, Client Alert, IRS Launches Voluntary Classification Settlement Program ("VCSP"), January 2012
October 2011
Co-Author, Client Alert, NLRB'S New Posting Requirements and First Reported Decision Regarding Employees' Social Media Communications
May 2011
Co-Author, Client Alert, Changes to Form 1-9 Documentation Recent Amendments Enacted to Help Combat Fraud
February 2011
Author, Client Alert, Automatic, Non-Binding Mediation for SDNY Employment Matters
November 2010
Co-Author, Client Alert, New Non-Discrimination Tests for Group Health Plans Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
December 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, COBRA Subsidy Duration and Eligibility Periods Extended
October 26, 2009
Author, Client Alert, New York Law Requires Written Notice to Employees of Rates and Timing of Pay
August 12, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, EEOC Releases New Guidelines Regarding Religious Discrimination
March 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, New York WARN Act
My Classes/Seminars Taught
2008, PTO Banks: Control Unscheduled Absenteeism & Improve Productivity, Progressive Business Conferences
2007 & 2008, Recruiting and the Law: Avoiding Risk During the Hiring Process, Recruiting 2007 & 2008 Conference and Expo
2007, Paid-Time-Off (PTO) Banks: Advanced Strategies for Reducing Unscheduled Absences and Solving PTO Problems: How to Reduce Unscheduled Absences without Alienating Employees, Business and Legal Reports
2007, Workplace Dress Codes: Business and Legal Reports
2006, Employers' Top Ten Correctable Blunders, Business Roundtable of New York Women in Film and Television
1995, Law in the Workplace, Proskauer Rose LLP
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