On October 31, 2017, inquiries into a prospective employee’s salary history became an unlawful and discriminatory practice in New York City. The New York City Human Rights Law, New York City Admin. Code § 8-107(25), now bars direct or indirect salary inquiries to an applicant or the applicant’s current or...
The lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has selected RPL Associate Ethan Krasnoo as a 2017 New York Metro Rising Star! The Rising Stars list is comprised of the top up-and-coming New York attorneys who are 40 and under or who have been in practice for fewer than 10 years. Only...
RPL proudly congratulates Counsel Dara L. Onofrio, who is running for the Board of Finance in Clinton, Connecticut, in this year's election. In last week's Democratic primary, Ms. Onofrio was the top vote-getter for the position and will now be on the ballot in November. Ms. Onofrio is Counsel to the firm...
RPL is proud to congratulate our Associate Ethan Krasnoo on his recent appointment to the New York City Bar Association's Entertainment Law Committee for a three-year term beginning this month, September 2017. The Committee focuses on matters of interest to entertainment law practitioners in all aspects of the entertainment industry, including television, independent...
The 20th session of the Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations® will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York from August 9-12, 2017. The Youth Assembly brings together exceptional youth delegates between the ages of 16 and 26 from approximately 85 countries to engage in an...
SEARCH is featured in FOUND, a new show that follows a group of experts across the nation to investigate the origins of old objects and relics. The show airs Monday nights on History. SEARCH is the nation's largest archaeology and underwater archaeology company. It is involved nationally and internationally in emergency...
Last week, The Muse, an online career resource, published an article by Stacey Lastoe on employee rights and severance in the wake of job loss that quoted RPL Partners Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis and Alice K. Jump. Ms. Lastoe asked Ms. Reavis and Ms. Jump about the general rights of employees...
On Tuesday, July 18, RPL Managing Partner Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis will be a featured speaker at the annual International Wildlife Crimestoppers Conference, addressing the subject of law enforcement coverage in the media and animal protection efforts through the media. Fellow speakers include representatives of law enforcement, animal protection and...
Following up on legal issues recently raised surrounding ABC's Bachelor in Paradise, last week CNNMoney published an article discussing the talent agreement used by producers of the show. CNNMoney reached out to RPL Partner Nicole Page to opine on certain provisions in the Bachelor in Paradise contract and provide insights on the rights signed...
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, RPL Partner and head of the firm's entertainment group, Nicole Page, spoke on a panel at Realscreen West 2017, an annual conference for the unscripted, non-fiction entertainment industry. The panel, "Trendwatch: All Access Unscripted," focused on recent television series that take audiences behind the scenes of exciting lives,...