As the fall semester gets under way, Law360 published an article by Amanda Ottaway on the discrimination issues that U.S. colleges and universities should watch out for in the months to come, quoting RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis. Legal experts opined on how schools of higher education nation-wide should...
I was on my way down to New Orleans for Realscreen Summit 2020 when the woman in front of me announced to the plane that Kobe Bryant was dead. By the time we landed, the rumor was confirmed and the breaking news splashed across every smartphone in sight. In this...
The Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court recently revised its rules relating to e-discovery, with the stated goal of modernizing the process and reducing the burden and expense of what has become one of civil litigation’s greatest hurdles. While the prior rules focused on e-discovery from third...
By Nicole Page and Bilal Mubarack Is having a miscarriage a crime? The terrifying answer is: maybe. The California Penal Code § 187 defines murder as “the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.” The addition of “fetus” in this definition stems from the 1970...
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...
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....
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,...
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,...
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...
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...