In an important employment and labor law decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that employment agreements waiving class action claims and requiring employees to arbitrate claims on an individual basis are enforceable. Justice Gorsuch, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Thomas and Alito, wrote for the majority...
By Deena R. Merlen and Allison M. Grein As the #MeToo movement sweeps the nation, a number of new laws in New York State and New York City have recently been enacted to provide greater protection against workplace sexual harassment. The “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” was signed into...
On Friday, May 4, AltaClaro, an experiential learning platform for lawyers, again featured RPJ Partner Nicole Page on their Ascension blog, where they share stories, tips and secrets to success from top lawyers in all fields. In Ms. Page’s second #AscensionStory, entitled “What Does It Look Like to 'Do What You Love?',” she describes...
RPJ is excited to announce the publication of two new books with contributions from our team! The long-awaited Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain, published in March by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., includes a credited chapter written by RPJ Partner Helen Diana "Heidi" Reavis with Alison Roh Park...
On April 25, the legal education platform AltaClaro featured RPJ Partners Alice K. Jump and Nicole Page in a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webcast entitled, "#MeToo, Now What? The Sexual Harassment Debate From the Legal Trenches." Ms. Jump and Ms. Page took a critical, in-depth look at the current business and...
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 25, AltaClaro will feature RPJ Partners Nicole Page and Alice K. Jump in a not-to-be-missed Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webcast for lawyers about the #MeToo movement from their perspectives as lawyers involved. “#MeToo, Now What? The Sexual Harassment Debate from the Legal Trenches” will take a critical,...
Today, AltaClaro, an experiential learning platform for lawyers, featured RPJ Partner Nicole Page on their Ascension blog, on which they share stories, tips and secrets to success from top lawyers in all fields. In Ms. Page's #AscensionStory, entitled "Fighting for Change in the Eye of the Storm," she discusses the year's developments...
Our firm has worked at the center of the #MeToo movement, representing both employees and employers, and RPJ Partners Nicole Page and Alice K. Jump have navigated the complicated legal trenches of workplace sexual harassment in several industries. On April 25, the lawyers' experiential learning platform AltaClaro will host a...
On January 30, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel at Realscreen Summit 2018 on the effect of #MeToo in the unscripted and nonfiction content community. Ms. Page was joined on the panel by Jenny Daly, President of T Group Productions; Allison Page, General Manager of U.S. Programming & Development for...
The Second Circuit issued a decision on March 16, 2018, that will make recovery of punitive damages by people suing for discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) easier than under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Law. The decision, Chauca v. Abraham, involved an appeal...