RPJ’s Jill Kahn Marshall was recently interviewed by SHRM for an article exploring the legal considerations employers should keep in mind when preparing separation and severance agreements, particularly when an agreement includes a waiver of age discrimination claims. As age discrimination claims have received renewed attention in recent years, Ms....
by Ethan Krasnoo A recent lawsuit making headlines this week offers a useful window into a tool that employment lawyers on both sides of the aisle use frequently — and into one of its most frustrating limitations. Specifically, last month, The New York Times sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
by Tyla A. Swinton Oftentimes, discrimination and harassment cases boil down to documentation. Does the employer have an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy? A complaint procedure? Did the employer document the employee’s complaint? The investigative process? Did the employer document its decision and outcome for the matter? Was the decision based...
Reavis Page Jump LLP is proud to share that its Managing Partner, Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis, has been recognized in Crain’s New York Business Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting and Law 2026! The 97 honorees selected for this honor include leaders whose work spans some of New York’s most prominent...
by Hannah R. Brefeld and Lucia Mead After approximately one day of deliberations, a federal jury in Oregon found Nike liable for more than $15 million in damages for violating federal and state anti-discrimination laws, finding Nike paid former employee, Heather Hender, less than similarly situated male colleagues and promoted...
RPJ’s Alice K. Jump was recently quoted in an MLex article discussing the expanding legal risks surrounding artificial intelligence in employment hiring and the growing scrutiny of AI-powered hiring tools by courts. As we have previously discussed on our website (here and here), Mobley v. Workday has emerged as one...
By Ethan Krasnoo and Lucia Mead On June 22, 2026, in Mobley v. Workday, Inc., U.S. District Judge Rita Lin largely denied Workday's motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint, including rejecting the company's argument that California's anti-discrimination laws do not apply to its screening of applicants outside California...
Alice K. Jump was recently quoted in an HR Brew article regarding employer responses to controversial employee online speech. This comes following the disciplinary consequences some employees across the country faced following their posts on social media of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. According to Ms. Jump, “[i]f the private...
by Alice K. Jump and Lucia Mead On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision further clarifying the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In an opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties clarified that federal...
By Jill Kahn Marshall Over the last few weeks, a lawsuit brought by a former JPMorgan Chase banker alleging sexual harassment and assault against the bank and a senior executive within its leveraged finance division has made headlines. The salacious complaint alleges that the executive subjected the plaintiff to sexual...