By Hannah R. Brefeld With the Supreme Court’s oral argument docket coming to an end, many are curious what the outcome will be for the “reverse racism” case heard this term: Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services,[1] where the plaintiff claims her employer discriminated against her because she was...
RPJ’s Daniel Ain was recently quoted in the Associated Press in an article examining the high-profile transfers of brothers Nico and Madden Iamaleava and the broader implications for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) buyouts in college football. Contracts between student-athletes and collectives – booster groups that support a specific university’s...
RPJ’s Deena R. Merlen spoke with the Financial Times earlier this month about the waves of layoffs sweeping through Silicon Valley. “We’re seeing seismic changes in employment practices, reflecting a broader cultural shift in the U.S.,” says Ms. Merlen in the article. “These shifts are influencing how decisions are made...
As the college football transfer portal opened up last week, RPJ’s Daniel Ain spoke with On SI (Sports Illustrated) about legal issues athletes should consider as they pursue potentially more lucrative NIL deals via transferring, particularly when it comes to signing name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) contracts. Mr. Ain was...
RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo was recently interviewed regarding his and RPJ’s Alice K. Jump’s client, Kimberly Steefel, in an article for Law360. A former attorney at Ballard Spahr LLP, Ms. Steefel filed a lawsuit against the firm and its employee benefits group leader, Brian Pinheiro, claiming that she was fired due...
The documentary Minted from RPJ client People's Television is now available on Netflix. Minted: The Rise (and Fall?) of the NFT, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on PBS earlier this year, follows the global NFT phenomenon which both transformed the lives of digital artists around the...
RPJ extends our heartfelt congratulations to Zipatone Films, whose critically acclaimed documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse will have its broadcast premiere tonight, April 15th, at 10PM ET on PBS/American Masters. The documentary chronicles the life and work of Art Spiegelman, whose graphic novel Maus reflects on Spiegelman’s own...
RPJ is proud to congratulate the Estate of longtime client Albert Bialek on the successful sale of the historic Metro Theater on Manhattan's Upper West Side to the Upper West Side Cinema Center, a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing the space as a working theater. For many years, RPJ had...
Last week, Heidi Reavis was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times regarding a series of lawsuits filed by 18-year-old Stanley Zhong and his father, Nan Zhong, alleging anti-Asian discrimination by multiple universities during the 2023 undergraduate admissions process. “Whiz kid” Stanley graduated from high school in 2023 in Palo Alto,...
Last week, RPJ’s Nafsika Karavida delivered a presentation before the International Section of the Swedish Bar Association in New York City. The event featured a series of independent presentations by leading legal professionals, including Gonzalo Zeballos, Partner and Head of BakerHostetler’s International Litigation team; Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Chair of the NYSBA’s...