RPJ commends The Lions Model Management on the launch of a music video and non-fungible token (NFT) raising awareness of trans lives, trans murders, and LGBTQ advocacy organizations. The project was jointly produced with blockchain company Lukso and stars openly transgender model Valentina Sampaio, who launched the campaign at the...
Congratulations to RPJ friend and client Julie Wolf on scoring the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs, for Canadian media power Cineflix, overseeing the company’s global business and legal affairs teams on both scripted and unscripted projects. Julie’s previous roles include Vice President, Business &...
After over 50 years as leading experts in debt and equity finance throughout the New York metro area and around the country, The Singer & Bassuk Organization (SBO) is bringing its expertise to commercial real estate giant Avison Young (AY). Andrew (Andy) Singer and Scott Singer, the father-son founders of...
Yesterday, RPJ Partner Nicole Page was quoted in Law360 in an article entitled, “A Cheat Sheet for Activision Blizzard’s Legal Woes.” Activision Blizzard, the largest gaming company in the Americas and Europe, has recently faced a slew of legal threats from the federal government concerning its workplace practices, ranging from...
Yesterday, it was reported that RPJ Client Jannat Gargi has been named senior vice president and head of documentaries at media company Westbrook, overseeing the production of non-fiction features and premium series. She was most recently vice president of documentaries at Vice Studios, where she developed award-winning documentaries including “Flee,”...
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced, amidst widespread concern over the Delta variant, that COVID-19 has been designated as an airborne, highly contagious and communicable disease under the HERO Act. As such, most private employers with employees in New York must put their workplace safety plans...
Last Friday, RPJ Partner Mark Moore was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article reported by Francie Diep entitled, “Illinois Mandates Vaccinations at All Institutions of Higher Education.” Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an executive order last Thursday requiring all students and employees at both public and private...
The Quartz article on the recent rejection by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett of an emergency request to halt the operation of Indiana University’s vaccine mandate, in which RPJ Partner Mark Moore was featured last week, has been picked up by Yahoo! Finance. In the article, Mark describes...
It has been an eventful few weeks in the ongoing debate over eviction freezes and rent relief in New York State. As landlords continue to press for evictions to proceed, tenant advocates are seeking to extend protections on the grounds that COVID-19 is still causing economic hardship and creating health...
On August 17, 2021, the Key to NYC program, which requires proof of vaccination for indoor activities in New York City, including attending theatrical and other performing arts events, went into effect. Under the program, individuals age 12 and older are required to show proof that they have received at...