This Thursday, February 29, through Sunday, March 3, Barnard College will be hosting the 14th annual Athena Film Festival (AFF). The Festival will feature an incredible line-up of narratives, documentaries, and short films featuring women leaders. We wish the AFF a successful long weekend run of these crucial and compelling...
A recent United States Supreme Court ruling in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC has held that whistleblowers do not need to show retaliatory intent, or retaliatory animus, on the part of their employers in order to be protected under federal law, specifically under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...
RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis was recently extensively featured in the Human Resources publication, SHRM, discussing some of the dos and don’ts of video termination, from both a legal and leadership perspective. The article, inspired by a viral video of a woman being terminated over Zoom by two people...
Last Wednesday, February 7, marked National Signing Day, the first day of the year when high school seniors can officially commit to play a sport at a National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA) college or university. The financial upside of becoming an NCAA student-athlete has never been greater, given 2021 rule...
RPJ Partners Deena Merlen and Jill Kahn Marshall recently published an article for the New York Law Journal entitled “When Political Discourse Leads to Dismissal”. This article explores how political speech on public social media platforms can lead to termination by one’s employer, and how such termination can lead to...
Conventional wisdom used to dictate that employers should refrain from taking political positions, and employees' personal political views had no place in the workplace. The widespread use of social media has changed this calculus today. While technically not part of an employee's workplace behavior, employees' personal social media accounts are...
In the words of the ubiquitous Taylor Swift, “When you are young, they assume you know nothing.” A recent survey by Resume Builder, a resume template and career advice company, seems to bear out her insight. The survey found that 3 in 10 hiring managers would avoid hiring members of...
Last month, the U.S. Copyright Office (the “Copyright Office”) proposed new rules that would make it easier to obtain copyright registration for frequently updated news websites. The Copyright Office invites comments on the proposal which must be in writing and received by the Copyright Office by February 20, 2024.[1] Background...
Under New York Labor Law (NYLL), employers generally must pay “manual workers” on a weekly basis. Following a 2019 appellate-level court decision recognizing a private right of action for violations of this requirement, numerous class action lawsuits have been filed by employees and former employees claiming damages for “late paid”...
When most people hear about a Will contest, they think about angry family members who are upset with the content of their parent’s Will, which potentially resulted in an unequal division of the estate. In such situations, potential issues typically include situations such that one person receives a larger share,...