You may have heard recently that the Florida legislature is considering a bill dubbed “Don’t Say Gay,” which would prohibit teachers from “encourag[ing] classroom discussion about sexual orientation.” Much has been written about the way that such bills may harm students because it prevents children from learning about different kinds...
Move over Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. After the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014, the International Skating Union changed its rules in figure skating competitions to allow figure skaters to skate to music with lyrics to appeal to younger audiences who tune in to watch the Olympics (goodbye Swan Lake!). Now...
Nothing defined life in the time of COVID quite like Tiger King and, quite like COVID, we are still talking about Tiger King nearly two years later. On Christmas Eve, the production company behind Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls sued Netflix and the producers of Tiger King for copyright infringement...
RPJ is delighted and honored to welcome our newest colleagues to the team: John A. Beranbaum John A. Beranbaum joins RPJ’s strong practice in employment law, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and trial advocacy. With over 30 years of litigation and trial experience, Mr. Beranbaum regularly counsels clients navigating complex workplace circumstances...
The Senate today, acting on a bipartisan basis, passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which prohibits employers from requiring employees to arbitrate claims of sexual assault or harassment. The bill was approved earlier this week by a large bipartisan majority in the House of...
In its continued efforts to combat gender and race-based pay inequity, last month New York City enacted a new law that requires employers to disclose on internal and external job listings the expected salary range of a given position. The new law takes effect on May 15, 2022. Starting then,...
Yesterday, Nicole Page was quoted in an article by Deborah Copaken in her newsletter Ladyparts entitled, "Ageism Part II: Getting Fired." The essay explores the experiences of middle-aged women in corporate America facing termination as their employers seek more inexperienced employees that they can pay less, while male employees continue to...
Earlier this week, it was announced that CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker has resigned from his position, effective immediately. A couple insiders reportedly stated that he was going to be fired if he did not quit. Mr. Zucker’s abrupt departure is but the latest headline-grabbing instance of a top executive...
On Monday, RPJ client Anna Holmes published The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” on the New Yorker, exploring the life and work of Margaret Wise Brown. Her children's books, including the classic "Goodnight Moon," rejected the moral instruction of classic fables and folktales, in favor of stories that reflected the preoccupations,...
As New York City comes back to life, we are reviving our non-legal series about the neighborhood and city that RPJ inhabits and loves. When I was a kid growing up in Long Beach, NY, I was fortunate enough to have a Dad who was crazy about theatre and to...