RPJ Counsel Michael Utevsky, along with Smithtown's local Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, is currently involved in a lawsuit aimed at preventing the subdivision of a 63-acre plot of land into eight separate lots by defense contractor, Gyrodyne LLC. The proposed subdivision poses a significant threat to the local community, particularly in...
For many years, litigants in New York have been required to have most of the documents being submitted to court notarized, particularly when filing affidavits. All of this will change beginning January 1, 2024, when a new bill takes effect which will permit people in civil cases in New York...
RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo recently weighed in on the Robert De Niro Employment Discrimination Lawsuit currently unfolding in court. This Monday, in the midst of the court’s proceedings, a potentially incriminating text message sent by De Niro’s daughter to De Niro’s former assistant, the plaintiff in the ongoing gender discrimination trial...
On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its Final Rule addressing the “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, slated to take effect on December 26, 2023, significantly expands the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered...
According to a report from the National Employment Law Project, wage theft in New York accounts for almost $1 billion in lost wages owed to New Yorkers every year. In an effort to curb this, New York enacted the Wage Theft Accountability Act (“WTAA”) on September 6, 2023, which took...
As of this past Saturday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (SAG-AFTRA) strike has officially eclipsed the 100-day mark, making this strike the longest in SAG-AFTRA’s history. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are now back at the table after the...
Earlier this month, a State Supreme Court judge filed her decision which upheld New York City’s 2021 rezoning of SoHo-NoHo against the challenge brought by the SoHo NoHo Coalition, on Constitutional grounds. More specifically, the judge upheld the requirement that non-artists living in residential units in SoHo-NoHo that were designated...
On Thursday, October 19, at 2:00 p.m., oral arguments will be held before the New York Appellate Division, First Department, in the case of Jane Doe v. Wilhelmina Models, Inc., Cal Tan LLC and New Sunshine LLC. Reavis Page Jump LLP represents the plaintiff and RPJ attorney Gregory Feit will...
A dramatic scene occurred recently at the start of President Trump’s fraud trial in New York Supreme Court when Justice Arthur Engoron announced that there was no jury because “nobody asked for one.” The looks on the faces of Trump and his counsel went viral and social medial exploded because,...
By Gregory Feit Our firm previously reported on the passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) (codified at 9 U.S.C. §§ 401-02), which amended the Federal Arbitration Act. Broadly speaking, the EFAA prohibits the compulsory enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration agreements with...