Publication Archive: Marie Napoli

Madison County is considering joining the national opioid lawsuit based on the damages cities and counties have incurred related to opioid addiction and abuse, such as increased health care costs, prescription costs, criminal justice costs, tax collection losses, loss of productivity, and other factors, which alleges that the issue is in the over prescribing of…Read the article

How Lawyers Can Make a Difference Attorneys can take on human trafficking from many angles and use civil, criminal law and employment regulations to bring traffickers to justice. To assist survivors and protect their rights, lawyers have required traffickers to compensate their victims and fought charges leveled against women forced into prostitution. As financial compensation,…Read the article

On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law, cutting much of the procedural red tape that for years has kept victims from bringing criminal charges and filing civil lawsuits for damages and harms caused by abuse and assault on minor children. The Child Victims Act lifts some of the…Read the article

Recently, New York City Councilmember Ritchie Torres introduced legislation that would prohibit retail establishments from refusing to accept payments in cash. But the resulting exclusion of New Yorkers of color and the undocumented, based on their lack of a bank account, still counts as discrimination, according to Marie Napoli, a lawyer and civil rights advocate. However, Napoli…Read the article

Find out the latest firm news: Our lawyers are Super Lawyers: 12 of our attorneys have been selected to this prestigious honor. Age and Gender Discrimination Lawsuit filed against CBS on behalf of a former, Emmy-winning CBS Investigative Reporter Class Action Filed against Central Maine Power (CMP) and in Bethpage, NY for a toxic plume…Read the article

Investigative Reporter Michele Gillen began reporting discrimination and bullying in 2010. She filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016 and was given the green light to sue this August. She’s seeking lost wages and wants to be reinstated with full benefits. When she reported the discrimination to the senior vice president of…Read the article

Read All About It! The Women Partners were featured in Super Lawyers Magazine NY Metro, “Top Women 2018” Court Appointed Leadership Positions for Paul J. Napoli and Hunter J. Shkolnik Filed Lawsuits for Love Canal, NY,  FELA Cancer Cases in TX, PFOA/PFOS WAter Contamination in Hampton Bays, NY New York Law Journal published an article…Read the article

The website also contains information about what actions might comprise sexual harassment, as well as information on how to file a claim and a number to call for a free consultation. Napoli Shkolnik named partner Marie Napoli, who has written about Weinstein’s impact on the workplace, said the #MeToo movement is not just an opportunity…Read the article

Almost all the suits in the MDL seek reimbursement for increased opioid-related costs imposed by the epidemic, including, for instance, first-responder and Narcan costs, emergency room care, neonatal care, foster care, expanded morgue space, and body bags. “It’s truly cradle-to-grave expenses,” plaintiffs lawyer Marie Napoli said. Polster’s other key act last week was ordering the…Read the article

It began about a year and a half ago, when prominent plaintiff’s firms, including Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, began filing lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.Read the article