On March 12, 2019 Reavis Page Jump Counsel Ethan Krasnoo delivered a presentation to the New York City Bar Association Entertainment Law Committee entitled “#MeToo Year Two and the Entertainment Industry.” His presentation first focused on the law underlying claims of sexual harassment as well as recent New York statutory...
Today is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and also marking a call to action to accelerate gender parity. The first International Women's Day occurred in 1911 and is not specific to a country, group or organization, but rather belongs...
On Friday, March 8 at 12:00pm, RPJ Partner Nicole Page will lead a virtual discussion on "The Hidden Secrets of Negotiation" for PowerToFly, an online business platform committed to encouraging diversity recruiting and hiring of women. During the discussion Ms. Page will answer questions on negotiating strategies, discuss recent changes to negotiation...
Over the last year, many states and localities have enacted new laws responding to the #MeToo movement, requiring employers to increase their vigilance in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. For example, as of October 9, 2018, all New York State employers with even just one employee are...
On January 30, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel at the Realscreen Summit 2019 discussing new laws affecting production companies and examining legislative changes effective since #MeToo. “The More You Know: Avoiding Liability in the Production Workplace” covered new laws on sexual harassment, paid family leave, pay equity and worker misclassification for production companies who...
At the Getting Real '18 conference last September, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel entitled "After #MeToo," which was then profiled in Suz Curtis's article, "Slouching Towards Parity: Panelists Discuss Filmmaking in the #MeToo Era." Given recent changes to New York laws and the creation of The Gender-Based Anti-Harassment Unit...
New year. New laws. New requirements. Mandatory training. For more than 20 years, our attorneys at Reavis Page Jump LLP have assisted employers and employees in mitigating risk and addressing allegations of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, a growing number of cities and...
This past Saturday, January 19, RPJ Partner Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis was featured in a scheduled interview on WBAI Radio 99.5 FM about the 2019 Women's March and recent specific changes in New York City and State law. Heidi also took the opportunity to promote RPJ’s Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Training courses as a means for...
As of January 1, 2019, we are pleased to announce that RPJ Associate Ethan Krasnoo has been elevated to the position of Counsel. We congratulate Mr. Krasnoo on all his hard work and success. Mr. Krasnoo advises companies, organizations and individuals on a broad range of complex commercial litigation, arbitration,...
In a rare, but limited, win for employees on the issue of arbitration of employment disputes, a unanimous Supreme Court today ruled in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira that trucking company New Prime Inc. cannot compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) in a class action alleging failure to...