By Gregory Feit Our firm previously reported on the passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) (codified at 9 U.S.C. §§ 401-02), which amended the Federal Arbitration Act. Broadly speaking, the EFAA prohibits the compulsory enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration agreements with...
by Jeffrey Blankstein This is the final post regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which takes effect on January 1, 2024. This piece is preceded by two other articles summarized and linked here. The first post described why the Act was passed, which entities will be affected, who must file...
By Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis and Michael D. Utevsky Headline The New York Legislature passed the LLC Transparency Act (the “Act”) (S.B. S995B) in June and if Governor Kathy Hochul signs the bill into law, domestic or foreign LLCs that are operating in New York will be required to disclose their beneficial...
Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Alex Honnold on the release of his new film Our Children’s River in partnership with Amazon Frontlines and Ceibo Alliance. Indigenous people have long been at the forefront of protecting vast areas of the Amazon territory. By deploying high-tech surveillance tools that run on renewable...
By Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman On the heels of what has been deemed by some “hot labor summer,” due to high profile strikes and union activity, the New York State Legislature has enacted a law to protect workers’ organizing efforts. Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on September 6,...
By Ethan Krasnoo Last week, as widely reported, U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert was ejected from a Denver performance of the national tour of Beetlejuice, a musical based on the cult-favorite movie of the same title that played on Broadway until early 2023. According to The Denver Post, Boebert was escorted...
The National College Athletic Association (NCAA), the organization responsible for regulating college sports and athletes in the US, seems to consistently find itself at the center of high-profile legal disputes. This article will provide a summary of several interesting disputes that have arisen this summer, involving areas of the law...
Tomorrow, on Wednesday, September 13, Nicole and Daniel will be presenting a panel as part of the Realscreen sponsored program known as Dialogue. Dialogue is a workshop designed to align television executives who are BIPOC, disabled, or neurodivergent across the unscripted and non-fiction industry and provide mentorship and guidance to...
By Deena Merlen and Cleopatra Elrashidy While many forms of discrimination are outlawed in the United States, there are quite a few forms of discrimination that are not expressly covered by discrimination laws and policies. One such form of discrimination is caste-based discrimination. The caste system, which regulates people’s social...
By: Nafsika Karavida On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” also known as “Invent it Here, Make it Here.”[1] The main purpose of the Executive Order (“EO”) is to boost domestic manufacturing of inventions that...