by Jill Kahn Marshall On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) was signed into law, providing additional workplace protections for pregnant workers and workers experiencing pregnancy-related conditions. Last Friday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released draft regulations that further explain the parameters of the law. While...
by Nicole Page On midnight of Friday July 14th, the Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union actors officially went on strike. SAG-AFTRA’s 160,000 members joined the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who have been striking since May of this year. Hollywood writers and actors...
RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen , who serves as Co-Chair of the Diversity Law Committee of the FairField Co. Bar Association, is pleased to announce an upcoming event hosted by the Diversity Committee: “Diversity Law: A Half Century of Changing Attitudes on LGBTQI Rights in Connecticut.” This CLE program, which...
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...