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November 13, 2023 Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo’s Legal Opinion Featured in Fox Corporation’s News Article “Plaintiff in Robert De Niro Harassment Lawsuit Gets Intimidating Text From His Family: Lawyer”

RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo recently weighed in on the Robert De Niro Employment Discrimination Lawsuit currently unfolding in court. This Monday, in the midst of the court’s proceedings, a potentially incriminating text message sent by De Niro’s daughter to De Niro’s former assistant, the plaintiff in the ongoing gender discrimination trial...

November 13, 2023 Community & Civic Engagement, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ’s Nicole Page and Daniel Ain on their DOC NYC Panel!

This past Friday, RPJ Attorneys Nicole Page and Daniel Ain presented a panel at the Fall 2023 DOC NYC festival on “Documentary Ethics and the Law”. The panel, which was sponsored by RPJ and Hulu, featured clients Jess Devaney, Nicholas Bruckman, Viridiana Lieberman, and Beth Aala who provided key insight...

November 13, 2023 Community & Civic Engagement, Employment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ and Equity in Lighting on a Wonderful Panel on Employment and Labor Law!

This past Wednesday night, November 8, RPJ Attorneys Alice Jump, Deena Merlen, Ethan Krasnoo and Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis weighed in on “Questions You Don’t Want to Ask Out Loud—Employment Law,” the inaugural Panel sponsored by Equity in Lighting. The Panel provided RPJ the opportunity to answer anonymous employment and...

November 9, 2023 Employment Law, Legal News

New NLRB Rule Broadens Scope of Joint Employment

On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its Final Rule addressing the “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, slated to take effect on December 26, 2023, significantly expands the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered...

November 7, 2023 RPJ News & Publications

Reavis Page Jump LLP Recognized as One of Nation’s Best Law Firms!

Every year, “Best Lawyers,” a peer reviewed legal publication, selects who they deem to be the best lawyers and the best law firms in the United States on the basis of carefully selected criteria. Of course, we know that all of our lawyers are the “best lawyers,” and we are...

November 2, 2023 Client News, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ Clients RXR Sports and Words + Pictures on their Nominations for the 2024 Realscreen Awards!

The Realscreen Awards recognize productions and their teams for outstanding content in non-fiction and unscripted media from around the world. Nominees for this award are selected by a panel of industry professionals from eighteen different countries. In the “Reality” category, Jonathan Retseck and Chris Sharma of RXR Sports were nominated...

October 31, 2023 Corporate Law, Employment Law, Legal News

New York Enacts the Wage Theft Accountability Act

According to a report from the National Employment Law Project, wage theft in New York accounts for almost $1 billion in lost wages owed to New Yorkers every year. In an effort to curb this, New York enacted the Wage Theft Accountability Act (“WTAA”) on September 6, 2023, which took...

October 26, 2023 Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

Back at the Table: SAG-AFTRA Negotiations Resume

As of this past Saturday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (SAG-AFTRA) strike has officially eclipsed the 100-day mark, making this strike the longest in SAG-AFTRA’s history. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are now back at the table after the...

October 25, 2023 Client News, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to RPJ Client Multitude Films for Their Three Shortlisted Films for the International Documentary Association Awards!

Multitude Films recently had three projects shortlisted for the 39th International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards. The nominated films include: “How to Carry Water,” Directed by Sasha Wortzel and Produced by Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, and Anya Rouse “The Script,” Directed by Brit Fryer and Noah Schamus and Produced by Colleen...

October 24, 2023 Legal News, Real Estate Law, RPJ News & Publications

SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Litigation – No Go

Earlier this month, a State Supreme Court judge filed her decision which upheld New York City’s 2021 rezoning of SoHo-NoHo against the challenge brought by the SoHo NoHo Coalition, on Constitutional grounds. More specifically, the judge upheld the requirement that non-artists living in residential units in SoHo-NoHo that were designated...