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June 7, 2022 Employment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

A Tale of Two Trends: ‘Women on Boards’ Laws in the US and Internationally – Legislation Successful Even When Overturned, by Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis with Anna Beckelman and Claire Griffin

The Debate There have been two prevailing sets of arguments in the debate over implementing corporate board quotas (“CBQs”) in the US and internationally, aiming to counter gender inequality in the business penthouse. Rocket to the Top One set of reasoning argues that social norms and sexist ideologies are not...

May 23, 2022 Legal News, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, RPJ News & Publications

The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects the Requirement of Prejudice For Waiver of Arbitration Under the FAA

In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, 2022 WL 1611788 (U.S. May 23, 2022), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts, in analyzing a claim that a party has waived the right to arbitrate a dispute under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), should not impose a requirement of prejudice....

May 10, 2022 Community & Civic Engagement, Legal News, Privacy Law, RPJ News & Publications

Christine Clarke to Speak at New York Women’s Bar Association Emergency “State of the Uterus” Panel on May 19, 2022

In the wake of the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion, RPJ’s Christine Clarke will discuss next Thursday, May 19 what the decision will mean for New Yorkers and what we can do to protect women’s rights to bodily autonomy and access to safe reproductive care. Prior to joining RPJ,...

May 3, 2022 Legal News

SCOTUS Deals a Blow to Language Access Rights and Emotional Distress Damages

On April 28, 2022, the Supreme Court decided the case of Cummins v. Premier Rehab Keller, concerning an individual who requested that her physical therapist obtain an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter to communicate with her. The plaintiff in this case was both deaf and visually impaired. The physical therapist,...

April 22, 2022 Employment Law, Legal News

“Algorithmic Accountability: Addressing Discrimination in AI-Based Hiring Tools,” by Anna Beckelman with Ethan Krasnoo

In November 2021, the New York City Council passed a law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) hiring tools by employers in the city, which will go into effect in January 2023; similar legislation has been proposed elsewhere in the United States and even at the federal level. These...

April 19, 2022 Intellectual Property Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

U.S. Copyright Office Steps Into the Future (Albeit Slowly) With Its Strategic Plan for 2022-2026

Years in the making, the U.S. Copyright Office has released a new strategic plan – Fostering Creativity and Enriching Culture (the “Plan”) – to be implemented over 2022-2026. Its overarching purpose is to make the copyright system more accessible, understandable, and up to date, as well as more useful to...

April 7, 2022 Employment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

New York State’s Expanded Whistleblower Statute

It took 37 years, but the New York Legislature amended the New York State Whistleblower Law, Labor Law 740, effective January 26, 2022. A flawed law that once offered little protection from retaliation for employees complaining about unlawful and unsafe conduct[1] is now one of the most robust in the...

April 5, 2022 Employment Law, Healthcare Law, Legal News

When Do Requirements for Employee Handbooks Implicate the First Amendment?

This is the question raised by a recent lawsuit filed in the Northern District of New York by religious anti-abortion organizations against New York State. In the case, Compasscare et al. v. Cuomo et al., 19-cv-01409, the organizational plaintiffs argued that their First Amendment rights were violated by a New...

March 25, 2022 Employment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

Stronger Cover When On The Beach – Current Legislative Trends In Non-Compete Agreements

A pre-pandemic survey by the Economic Policy Institute in 2019 concluded that approximately one-half of all workplaces in the United States require at least some employees to enter into a non-compete agreement.[1] A lot has changed since, and a lot fewer people will be “on the beach” in times to...

March 3, 2022 Legal News, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, RPJ News & Publications

When Push Comes to Shove: The Judge, the Jury and Sarah Palin

Friends and acquaintances who are not lawyers (and even some who are) have expressed curiosity and confusion about the recent well-publicized decision by Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York to dismiss the defamation lawsuit brought by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin against the New York Times....

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