Recently, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a copyright decision in favor of the pop star Madonna. The plaintiff, VMG Salsoul, LLC, alleged that Madonna and producer Shep Pettibone improperly copied a 0.23 second segment of horn hits from Salsoul’s song Love Break and used...
February 22, 2016, New York, NY — On February 19, 2015, a lawyer for Morgan Stanley requested that a New York federal judge dismiss Feldman-Boland, et al. v. Morgan Stanley, et al. The suit, filed by Jaime Feldman-Boland and James Boland, who are represented by RPL Partner Alice K. Jump,...
On Thursday, March 19, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP and partner Alice K. Jump hosted a lunch to benefit the plaintiffs in DeBoer v. Snyder, the Michigan marriage equality case pending before the Supreme Court. This event raised over $15,000 for the National Marriage Challenge - the most successful individual fundraising...
On Thursday morning, March 26, 2015, RPL Partner Mark H. Moore will be on a panel of speakers for a European American Chamber of Commerce event, Privacy in the Workplace - What You Should Know. Mark will discuss the monitoring and investigation of employees in the workplace, with an emphasis...
This article was written by Alice K. Jump, a Partner in the Firm. For an employee to establish a whistleblowing claim under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), the employee must show that (1) he or she engaged in a protected activity; (2) the employer knew that the employee...
This article was written by Mark H. Moore, a Partner in the Firm. New York’s Court of Appeals, in a recent decision, MSCI Inc. v. Jacob, ___ N.Y.3d __, __ N.Y.S.2d __, 2014 WL 4637883 (Sept. 18, 2014), ordered the production of a defendant software company’s latest versions of its...
This Article was written by Mark H. Moore, a Partner in the Firm The Supreme Court, in its recent decision, Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., ___ U.S. __, 2014 WL 2807181 (June 23, 2014), declined petitioner Halliburton’s invitation to put a quick end to class action lawsuits...
This article was written by Alice K. Jump, a partner with the Firm. In a major ruling under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (“SOX”), the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, extended the statute’s anti-retaliation provisions to employers of privately held contractors or subcontractors who perform work for...
In an opinion addressing cutting-edge issues under the Sarbanes Oxley Act (“SOX”), U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken refused to dismiss a case brought by RPL client Philip Leshinsky against Telvent GIT, S.A, a Spanish information technology company, and certain of its subsidiaries, under SOX’s whistleblower provisions. Judge Oetken's Memorandum and Order denied...
RPL congratulates Firm Partners Mark H. Moore and Lawrence Brocchini on their receipt of Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ of AV Preeminent® -- the highest rating given. The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are a service to the bar that enables members of the legal community to benefit from the candid and objective...