by Alice K. Jump and Lucia Mead On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision further clarifying the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In an opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties clarified that federal...
By Jill Kahn Marshall Over the last few weeks, a lawsuit brought by a former JPMorgan Chase banker alleging sexual harassment and assault against the bank and a senior executive within its leveraged finance division has made headlines. The salacious complaint alleges that the executive subjected the plaintiff to sexual...
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...
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 the lower court’s ruling in Flores v. N.Y....
By Nafsika Karavida and Lucia Mead Last week, in a significant win for Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a Johnson & Johnson company), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) upheld the district court’s ruling in Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., affirming that Teva had failed to...
by Daniel Jason Ain In a landmark legal action, Disney and Universal have jointly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against generative A.I. image platform Midjourney. This marks the first time that major Hollywood studios have sued A.I. startups for copyright infringement....
In their latest article for Forbes, RPJ’s Nicole Page and Ethan Krasnoo offer a comprehensive analysis of the intensifying legal dispute between Hollywood’s Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, marked by complex allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, and defamation—issues Ms. Page has previously examined here and here. In response to Lively’s...
In a recent interview for Charter Works, RPJ’s Gregory P. Feit discusses the January 10, 2025 federal court ruling in Texas, which declared that ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing is illegal in managing 401(k) funds. The case, Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., revolves around BlackRock’s management of American Airlines...
Yesterday, RPJ’s Nicole Page spoke to Page Six about the damages claimed by Baldoni in his suit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Ms. Page noted that Baldoni, who is seeking $400 million in damages for defamation and extortion, is “messaging that [he] will fight to the death to defend...