by Gregory P. Feit When accusations of sexual harassment or assault are made public, the alleged perpetrators will not infrequently respond by filing defamation claims against their accusers. For a recent, especially high-profile example, see Justin Baldoni’s countersuit against Blake Lively.[1] Allegations of sexual harassment that would otherwise be defamatory...
By Gregory Feit Litigation can often hinge on which legal standard a plaintiff must satisfy – one imposing a relatively low threshold or one setting a more stringent bar. When a new standard is announced in one context, it can frequently be unclear whether that standard applies beyond the particular...
A complaint filed on September 25, 2025 by Reavis Page Jump attorneys on behalf of Donald Ingrasselino in the Southern District of New York has recently drawn media attention from The New York Times and The Gothamist. Reavis Page Jump LLP represents Mr. Ingrasselino in this matter. The firm remains...
by Hannah R. Brefeld To say the last few weeks’ news cycle contained endless amounts of discourse regarding Charlie Kirk’s September 10, 2025 assassination would be an understatement. We have seen differing responses from both ends of the political spectrum, with some calling for gun reform and highlighting Kirk’s more...
By Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission withdrew its appeals in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits of decisions that had enjoined the Commission from enforcing its non-compete ban, which prohibited most non-compete agreements nationwide. The FTC, under the Biden administration, had approved...
RPJ’s Alice K. Jump was recently quoted in a Fox News article covering the ongoing legal battle between Katy Perry and U.S. Army veteran Carl Westcott over the sale of a $15 million Montecito California mansion. The dispute began when Westcott, after selling the 8.9-acre property to Perry, sought to...
By Alice K. Jump and Lucia Mead With the NFL season about to commence, a recent ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit highlights some interesting employment and dispute resolution issues. On August 14, 2025, the Second Circuit upheld a the lower court’s ruling in Flores v....
By Jeffrey Blankstein The iconic Barneys New York was once among New York City’s most successful department stores of the 1960s and 1970s. It was founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman and later helmed by his son, Fred Pressman. Though the store ultimately went out of business in 2020, the...
by Gregory Feit Fans of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, admirers of walk-and-talk screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, Broadway enthusiasts, and devotees of esoteric copyright law recently hit the Venn diagram jackpot. That’s thanks to the late July 2025 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Let’s say I, a busy attorney, am late leaving work and have to run a few errands on the way home. I’m driving on Route 1 past strip malls and big box stores, trying to remember where the heck is Home Depot. Far ahead, I see an orange something on...