Executives. In answer to a certified question, the New York State Court of Appeals has held that an executive is an employee under the New York Labor Law, article 5, except where expressly excluded. The Court of Appeals further held that section 193 of the Labor Law did not prevent the parties from entering into a contract where a commission was not "earned" until after certain deductions were made from her percentage of gross billings.

The answers provided by the Court of Appeals worked to the detriment of an executive who, upon leaving her company, sued it for making certain purportedly unlawful dcductions.

The decision in Pachter v. Bernard Hodes Group can be found here.

KPMG Employees Off the Hook. The Second Circuit has upheld the dismissal of the indictments of eleven partners and employees of accounting firm KPMG, LLP because the government had caused KPMG to put conditions on the advancement of legal fees to the defendants. This violated the defendants’ Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

The decision in United States v. Stein can be found here.

Tolling the staute. The Second Circuit held that a application, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3292, to suspend the running of a statute of limitations pending a request for foreign evidence must be made before the statute of limitations expires.

The decision in United States v. Kozeny can be found here.