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Giuseppe Chiara is a commercial litigator. Giuseppe advises employers in all aspects of employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He assists in resolving matters arising under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Human Rights Law, and the New York Labor Law.  Additionally, Giuseppe drafts and reviews employee handbooks, personnel policies, employment agreements and separation agreements.

Misbehaving children?  Blame the parents, right? Not so in the corporate context, at least according to Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Robert R. Reed in a recent decision, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co., in which he found that parent corporations will not be automatically held liable for the contracts of