By Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill that amends the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit discrimination based on weight and height in employment, housing, and public accommodations. The bill is expected to be...
Coinciding with the pandemic-era border restriction policy known as Title 42 expiring just last night and threatening to worsen an already urgent and unmanaged humanitarian crisis, RPJ is proud to have been directly involved in Missing in Brooks County, the award-winning feature length documentary exploring the human toll of the...
The month of May has become a very popular month for raising awareness of a wide range of health conditions, particularly so-called “invisible illnesses” from which many suffer not only from the disease itself but also from the condition being less apparent and therefore perhaps less likely to be believed...
Did you know that the basis for U.S. patents go all the way back to the U.S. Constitution? If you didn’t know, now you know: Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution vests the Federal Government with the power to grant patents: “To promote the Progress of Science and useful...
A growing concern in the real estate industry is known as “deed theft.” This occurs when a person loses ownership of their home by fraudulent means. This can happen in two different ways. One way occurs when a criminal records a forged deed transferring ownership to an LLC, which is...
This article discusses Section 74 of the New York Civil Rights Law, which provides “absolute” protection against a claim of defamation arising from a “fair and true report of judicial proceedings,” even if the report is made outside the courthouse. It also addresses the application of Section 74 to the...
Somewhat lost among the many ongoing and significant cases involving Donald Trump, from his recent indictment stemming from hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels to E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and sexual assault suit, is an interesting copyright suit filed by Trump in the U.S. District Court in Florida earlier...
Social media companies have historically been shielded from all liability connected with the content appearing on their platforms as a result of Section 230 of The Communications Decency Act. [1] The inability to hold social media companies, like Meta and TikTok, legally accountable for content has led to increasing frustration...
Very excited to share that Missing in Brooks County has been nominated for a Peabody Award - one of the most preeminent and distinguished awards in entertainment across all media including radio/podcast, broadcast television, film, documentary and news. Peabody Award nominees are selected annually from over 3,000 entries. Those entries...
In a first-of-its-kind ruling from earlier this year, the Delaware Court of Chancery (i) clarified that corporate officers of Delaware corporations (like corporate directors) are subject to the fiduciary duty of oversight, and (ii) held that sexual harassment by an officer constitutes bad-faith conduct breaching the duty of loyalty.[1] In...