As recounted by my colleagues Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman in their recent article, on May 11, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and access to public accommodation on the basis of someone’s actual or perceived height or weight. By...
By Alice K. Jump and Ariana Zhao The source of the leak that formed the basis for a series of The New York Times articles involving accusations of sexual misconduct against former CBS President Leslie Roy Moonves (a/k/a Les Moonves) was recently identified as former Covington & Burling LLP document...
I recently have been involved in a labor arbitration where a local union of employees at a federal penitentiary successfully challenged the Bureau of Prisons’ discriminatory policy of excluding females from two posts because they might see a male inmate unclothed. The Arbitrator bifurcated the hearing so that the union,...
By Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill that amends the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit discrimination based on weight and height in employment, housing, and public accommodations. The bill is expected to be...
Coinciding with the pandemic-era border restriction policy known as Title 42 expiring just last night and threatening to worsen an already urgent and unmanaged humanitarian crisis, RPJ is proud to have been directly involved in Missing in Brooks County, the award-winning feature length documentary exploring the human toll of the...
The month of May has become a very popular month for raising awareness of a wide range of health conditions, particularly so-called “invisible illnesses” from which many suffer not only from the disease itself but also from the condition being less apparent and therefore perhaps less likely to be believed...
Did you know that the basis for U.S. patents go all the way back to the U.S. Constitution? If you didn’t know, now you know: Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution vests the Federal Government with the power to grant patents: “To promote the Progress of Science and useful...
A growing concern in the real estate industry is known as “deed theft.” This occurs when a person loses ownership of their home by fraudulent means. This can happen in two different ways. One way occurs when a criminal records a forged deed transferring ownership to an LLC, which is...
This article discusses Section 74 of the New York Civil Rights Law, which provides “absolute” protection against a claim of defamation arising from a “fair and true report of judicial proceedings,” even if the report is made outside the courthouse. It also addresses the application of Section 74 to the...
Somewhat lost among the many ongoing and significant cases involving Donald Trump, from his recent indictment stemming from hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels to E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and sexual assault suit, is an interesting copyright suit filed by Trump in the U.S. District Court in Florida earlier...