by Gregory Feit On August 25, 2023, in Perry et al. v. City of New York,[1] the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that if an employer requires overtime work, knows about it, or should have known about it through reasonable diligence, then the employer is...
by Alice K Jump New York City litigators have a (somewhat) deserved reputation for aggressive attacks and scorched earth tactics, all in the name of zealous advocacy. The dispute between two of New York’s most prominent litigation firms, Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan LLP, on one side, and Wigdor LLP...
RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo was recently featured in a Law360 article entitled “Opera Star’s Plea Shows Broad Reach of #MeToo, Atty Says”. Law360 publishes its newsletter to 1.5 million legal professionals each day. The article, by Cara Salvatore, features a “Q&A” with Ethan which focuses on RPJ’s representation of Samuel...
by Jill Kahn Marshall On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) was signed into law, providing additional workplace protections for pregnant workers and workers experiencing pregnancy-related conditions. Last Friday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released draft regulations that further explain the parameters of the law. While...
by Nicole Page On midnight of Friday July 14th, the Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union actors officially went on strike. SAG-AFTRA’s 160,000 members joined the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who have been striking since May of this year. Hollywood writers and actors...
We are pleased to report that on Friday, August 4, 2023, RPJ client and sexual assault complaining witness, Samuel Schultz, received some closure in connection with the criminal matter against his rapists, opera star David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, which was slated to begin trial that day in...
by Jeffrey Blankstein On January 1, 2024 (in approximately five months), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) [1] takes effect. In my previous article [2], I reviewed why the Act was passed, which entities were affected by the Act, who must file, who is exempt from filing, and when the filings...
By Mark H. Moore Both state and federal courts have adopted the “internal affairs doctrine” for disputes among or between a corporation and its directors, officers, and shareholders. Under this approach, courts generally apply the substantive law of the state of incorporation to such disputes, because “application of that body...
By Daniel Jason Ain The class-action lawsuit filed against Meta (Facebook's parent company) earlier this month by comedian and author Sarah Silverman and other authors may be just the first of many high-profile copyright lawsuits against companies that market, sell and otherwise exploit artificial intelligence (“AI”) products. A feature of...
By Nafsika Karavida and Cleopatra Elrashidy The U.S. Supreme Court’s bite proved louder than its bark when it comes to trademark infringement, when it clarified in a recent unanimous decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC [1] how source confusion is the bane of trademark law’s twin...