In response to the great, cultural emphasis being paid to national racial inequities, the Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) announced the launch of Reimagining Equitable Productions (REP), its newest program conceived in effort to invite racial equality to the rehearsal rooms and performance spaces of the American Theatre. Inspired by its...
Managing Partner Heidi Reavis shared her employment, management and Covid-19 workplace expertise on Monday, June 7, at Realscreen Live during their session “New Normal, New Workplace.” Alongside three incredibly accomplished women — Jennifer Caserta, Chief Transformation & People Officer at AMC Networks, DeJeana Chappell, Senior Manager of Workplace Strategy and...
As pandemic-induced restrictions continue to gradually lift, the conversation concerning return-to-work protocols becomes ever more relevant and vital. In response to the many questions regarding this topic, last week SHRM published an article titled “Gradual Return to Workplace Eases Transition for Employees,” in which Partner Deena Merlen is heavily quoted...
We are elated to share that Managing Partner Heidi Reavis has been recognized by The American Lawyer in its inaugural list of Northeast Trailblazers, honoring professionals in the Northeastern United States who have moved the needle in the legal industry and are truly agents of change. According to the publication,...
In a grand gesture of altruism within our otherwise fiercely capitalist climate, leaders of industry in the fields of medicine and technology, such as Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft, have voluntarily relinquished their exclusive rights to their intellectual property in an effort to combat COVID-19 as part of the Open COVID...
In further Covid-19 vaccinations updates, Pfizer Inc. and its partner BioNTech SE have requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approve their vaccine, which is still only authorized for emergency use. If Covid-19 vaccines get full FDA approval, will more employers take a shot at requiring their employees...
As the anticipation for returning to work after the pandemic continuously increases, and conversations about employee safety and COVID-19 guidelines compliance evolve, it is difficult to say what our new normal will look like, and perhaps even more difficult to imagine what shapes our new professional lives may take. Juggling...
Last year the American Bar Association (ABA) published a report with grim findings on the lack of diversity in American patent law.[1] Building on that report and our own experience of the lack of diversity in the patent law profession, we ask what the reasons behind a largely homogenous patent...
Earlier this month, New York federal district court Judge Laura Taylor Swain denied a motion to dismiss a case filed by Sketchworks Industrial Strength Comedy Inc. seeking to obtain the court’s preemptive declaration that its musical Vape, which it created as an alleged parody of the musical Grease, constitutes “fair...
On Tuesday, a tense nation had a weight lifted off its shoulders as former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts in the death of George Floyd, including unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. It has almost been a year since the video of George...