We are pleased to report that on Friday, August 4, 2023, RPJ client and sexual assault complaining witness, Samuel Schultz, received some closure in connection with the criminal matter against his rapists, opera star David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, which was slated to begin trial that day in...
by Jeffrey Blankstein On January 1, 2024 (in approximately five months), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) [1] takes effect. In my previous article [2], I reviewed why the Act was passed, which entities were affected by the Act, who must file, who is exempt from filing, and when the filings...
By Mark H. Moore Both state and federal courts have adopted the “internal affairs doctrine” for disputes among or between a corporation and its directors, officers, and shareholders. Under this approach, courts generally apply the substantive law of the state of incorporation to such disputes, because “application of that body...
50+ women are on death row today, awaiting execution and possible reprieve – some with hope, others resigned, many changed. Understand what got them there and get an insider’s view of life for women on death row in Engel Entertainment’s groundbreaking new series on A&E, ‘Women on Death Row’, premiering...
By Daniel Jason Ain The class-action lawsuit filed against Meta (Facebook's parent company) earlier this month by comedian and author Sarah Silverman and other authors may be just the first of many high-profile copyright lawsuits against companies that market, sell and otherwise exploit artificial intelligence (“AI”) products. A feature of...
Previously this month, RPJ pre-law staff were invited to participate in a negotiation workshop at Columbia Law School organized by its International and Comparative Law Programs, and took First Prize! On Tuesday, RPJ made another reappearance at the Law School, this time for a lecture of our own. Partner Helen...
By Nafsika Karavida and Cleopatra Elrashidy The U.S. Supreme Court’s bite proved louder than its bark when it comes to trademark infringement, when it clarified in a recent unanimous decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC [1] how source confusion is the bane of trademark law’s twin...
Last week, Columbia Law School graciously hosted RPJ Summer Interns, Clara Kolker and Joshua Blankstein, and RPJ Paralegal, Ariana Zhao, at the Law School’s International and Comparative Law Program. The Program’s two-day “Introduction to Negotiation” course, attended by the RPJ team at the invitation of Dean Adam Kolker, was taught...
The Supreme Court is on a tear, ignoring precedent and settled legal principles with seeming abandon. However, in its recent, less controversial decision, Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., No. 21-1168, 2023 WL 4187749 (U.S. June 27, 2023), the Court affirmed century-old precedent and held that a corporation would have...
In Groff v. DeJoy, [1] the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that an employer that denies an employee’s religious accommodation request on “undue hardship” grounds must be able to show – in order to avoid liability on Title VII discrimination claims – that “the burden of granting an accommodation would...