On October 5, 2017, five years ago today, The New York Times published a bombshell expose revealing decades of sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, launching the #MeToo movement. See Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades - The New York Times (nytimes.com). In...
On Friday, October 7, Taylor Borenstein and Millie Blumka will appear on the business reality television series Shark Tank to pitch the Stakt fitness mat. The Stakt mat is a multi-purpose fitness mat that easily folds up and is 2x thicker than the average yoga mat, making it extra supportive...
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have come together for the second time this year in an effort to increase transparency for incidents of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. On September 15, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee, acting on a bipartisan basis, unanimously voted to advance the Speak Out Act...
RPJ congratulates its non-profit client, WriteGirl, and its writing student and mentee, poet Amanda Gorman, on Gorman opening the 2022-2023 Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2022. RPJ partner Heidi Reavis was the WriteGirl representative at the United Nations celebratory event hosted by The United Nations...
As the fall semester gets under way, Law360 published an article by Amanda Ottaway on the discrimination issues that U.S. colleges and universities should watch out for in the months to come, quoting RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis. Legal experts opined on how schools of higher education nation-wide should...
Reavis Page Jump congratulates its long-time client Broadway Metro Associates LP, the owner of the historic Metro Theater on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, on entering into a transaction to reopen the theater as an innovative screen and dining space. The theater, located on Broadway between 99th and 100th...
RPJ proudly congratulates our client Words and Pictures Productions LLC on completing the production of American Son alongside ESPN. The film will spotlight tennis star Michael Chang, who at the age of 17 became the youngest winner of a major tournament singles championship, namely the 1989 French Open. Additionally, the...
I was on my way down to New Orleans for Realscreen Summit 2020 when the woman in front of me announced to the plane that Kobe Bryant was dead. By the time we landed, the rumor was confirmed and the breaking news splashed across every smartphone in sight. In this...
This week's TikTok features RPJ Partner Nicole Page as she discusses a situation that may be all too familiar: a hostile work environment. Commonly used as a phrase referring to an unpleasant workplace, a hostile work environment is actually a legal term that is far more complex than most people...
Congratulations to Mija produced by RPJ clients Tabitha Breese and Yesenia Tlahuel for being selected as the New York Times' Critic’s Pick! The documentary follows the stories of Doris Munoz and Jacks Haupt, the daughters of undocumented Mexican immigrants as they navigate the challenges of the music industry. The two...