Date of Panel: January 13, 2011 Speakers: Manjeev Puri, the Ambassador from India to the United Nations; Dominic Meiklejohn, the British Deputy Consul-General; John Rogers, an American academic specializing in global expansion; and Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis or RPL. Topic: Diversity in the workplace. Audience: 200 international employees working in...
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, private sector workplace discrimination charge filings hit record levels with nearly 100,000 filed during fiscal year 2010. http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/1-11-11.cfm. Filings alleging unlawful retaliation (36,258) surpassed filings alleging discrimination based on race (35,890) as the most frequently filed charge, while allegations of unlawful discrimination...
In the November/ December 2010 issue of The Financial Manager (TFM), RPL's Nicole Page published an article entitled, "The Bottom Line on the Firing Line," advising employers on legal precautions that can be taken during the dreaded process of firing an employee. TFM is a bi-monthly magazine published by the...
Our congratulations to RPL entertainment law client Chris March on his new reality television series currently in development with Bravo. RPL attorneys Deena R. Merlen and Nicole Page enjoyed working with Chris on this exciting project and will post a follow up announcement when the show premieres. For more information please...
Congratulations to our client and friends at GlobalWorks for winning two CTAM Gold Mark Awards and two NAMIC awards for GlobalWorks’ wonderful, zany television commercials for Cablevision (Optimum Triple Play).
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen and George Norfleet, Director of the State of Connecticut's Office of Film, Television and Digital Media, are among the speakers tapped to moderate panels at the 5th Annual Film Industry Mixer in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday, August 28, 2010. For further details, please see http://www.filmindustrymixer.com/contacts_moderators.htm
Located at 41 Madison Avenue, at the corner of 26th Street and Madison Avenue, RPL's office building has experienced years of a lack of identity when it comes to its association with a New York City Neighborhood. Not quite located in Gramercy, or Midtown East, or even Chelsea, our office...
Members of RPL's Intellectual Property practice group, including Deena R. Merlen, Dara L. Onofrio, Neil Patrick Parent, Nicole Page, and Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis, were the featured speakers at the annual Dean's Lecture, on "Intellectual Property and Business Issues in Art and Design," program presented on March 4, 2010 at the FIT...