The Super Lawyers distinction is awarded to only 5 percent of attorneys in the New York Metro area, and the Rising Stars distinction is awarded to only 2.5 percent of the top, up-and-coming attorneys under 40 or in practice for fewer than 10 years. RPJ is honored to have these...
A dramatic scene occurred recently at the start of President Trump’s fraud trial in New York Supreme Court when Justice Arthur Engoron announced that there was no jury because “nobody asked for one.” The looks on the faces of Trump and his counsel went viral and social medial exploded because,...
Over the past few months, RPJ Counsel Jeffrey Blankstein has published a three-part series discussing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in depth. This Act is designed to prevent crime and corruption by and within US corporations through increased transparency and data collection by the Federal government. The CTA is taking...
Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Alex Honnold on the release of his new film Our Children’s River in partnership with Amazon Frontlines and Ceibo Alliance. Indigenous people have long been at the forefront of protecting vast areas of the Amazon territory. By deploying high-tech surveillance tools that run on renewable...
By Ethan Krasnoo Last week, as widely reported, U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert was ejected from a Denver performance of the national tour of Beetlejuice, a musical based on the cult-favorite movie of the same title that played on Broadway until early 2023. According to The Denver Post, Boebert was escorted...
By: Nafsika Karavida On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” also known as “Invent it Here, Make it Here.”[1] The main purpose of the Executive Order (“EO”) is to boost domestic manufacturing of inventions that...
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...
Previously this month, RPJ pre-law staff were invited to participate in a negotiation workshop at Columbia Law School organized by its International and Comparative Law Programs, and took First Prize! On Tuesday, RPJ made another reappearance at the Law School, this time for a lecture of our own. Partner Helen...
Last week, Columbia Law School graciously hosted RPJ Summer Interns, Clara Kolker and Joshua Blankstein, and RPJ Paralegal, Ariana Zhao, at the Law School’s International and Comparative Law Program. The Program’s two-day “Introduction to Negotiation” course, attended by the RPJ team at the invitation of Dean Adam Kolker, was taught...
The Supreme Court is on a tear, ignoring precedent and settled legal principles with seeming abandon. However, in its recent, less controversial decision, Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., No. 21-1168, 2023 WL 4187749 (U.S. June 27, 2023), the Court affirmed century-old precedent and held that a corporation would have...