RPJ Partner Mark Moore was quoted in Quartz last Thursday in an article reported by Lila Maclellan entitled “The US Supreme Court’s Indiana University Ruling Isn’t a Free Pass for Vaccine Mandates.” The piece discusses the recent rejection by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett of an emergency request...
Yesterday, RPJ Partner Alice Jump was quoted in Commercial Observer’s article entitled “New York Gov. Cuomo’s Crisis Cronies Won’t Be Easy to Dislodge, Either.” The piece discusses the network of advisors and other state officials who buried allegations of sexual harassment against Governor Andrew Cuomo, as revealed in a recent...
On July 29, RPJ Partner Nicole Page was quoted in Indiewire’s article entitled, “Scarlett Johansson’s Disney Lawsuit Could Shape the Future of Talent Compensation.” The piece details a lawsuit filed by actress Scarlett Johansson against Disney over her loss of earnings from Marvel’s Black Widow, resulting from Disney’s election to...
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive orders, commencing at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively froze statutory and court imposed deadlines for all manner of legal proceedings. For civil proceedings, at least, that stoppage lasted through Nov. 3, 2020. In the months since, a few courts have had a chance to...
Netflix has released the official trailer for Pray Away—directed by Kristine Stolakis and produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Television—scheduled to release on Tuesday, August 3. The documentary chronicles the polarity and popularity of Exodus International, an evangelical church group founded in the 1970’s, most known for...
On July 1, New York prosecutors revealed the indictment charging Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer, with grand larceny and the Trump Organization with fraud. The indictment of Mr. Weisselberg illuminates civil and criminal liabilities to which corporate finance executives are possibly subject. According to The Wall Street...
A timely new article entitled “The state of the campaign to end mandatory arbitration of sexual misconduct claims in employment agreements” written by RPJ Partner Mark H. Moore was recently published by Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw Today. In this in-depth piece, Mark discusses the growing practice of employers of requiring arbitration...
While the policy impetus behind the confidentiality prohibition—preventing employers from silencing complaints about harassment and discrimination—may be worthy, the reality is that employers will normally not settle without a confidentiality provision. In what seems like much simpler times, parties to New York employment disputes, including disputes involving claims of discrimination...
The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article on June 22, 2021 on a recently filed lawsuit against Indiana University for mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for students and employees entitled “Indiana University Students Sue Over Covid-19 Vaccine Requirement.” Indiana University recently issued a policy that students, staff and faculty must be...
The history of enslaved peoples throughout the world is fraught with abounding complications, many of which we will continue to endure throughout the existence of humankind. However, every instance of empathy, continuity and solidarity we extend in the present will make all the difference between progress and failure. Just as...