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RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis Featured in Fox News Article Discussing the ‘Rust’ Trial Outcome and Legal Impacts

Last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer unexpectedly announced the decision to dismiss the serious criminal charges against Alec Baldwin.  The actor was initially charged in January 2023 with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring Joel Souza on the set of ‘Rust’ in...

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The Department of Labor Rule Increasing Exempt Employee Salary Threshold Has Gone into Effect

On July 1, 2024, despite ongoing litigation challenging its validity, the Department of Labor's (DOL) rule increasing certain exempt employees’ salary threshold went into effect, with further salary threshold increases slated for January 1, 2025.  This rule relates to exempt employees, namely those who are exempt from overtime pay requirements. ...

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Anticipated Effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eradication of Chevron Deference on Employment Agency Rules

Last Friday, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court overruled a 40-year-old judicial deference doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” named after the 1984 Supreme Court ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which instructed courts that they should defer to federal administrative agencies’ readings on...

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Congratulations to RPJ Client Cowboy Bear Ninja on the Upcoming New York Premiere of “Hummingbirds”!

Cowboy Bear Ninja’s feature documentary, “Hummingbirds,” will premiere in New York tomorrow, Friday June 21. “Hummingbirds,” which won the Berlinale Generation Grand Jury Prize in 2023, is a queer coming-of-age story set on the Texas-Mexico border. The film will premiere nationally on PBS Monday, July 1, and beginning September 29...

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