On July 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Senate-backed bill to extend the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses through August 8 as a stopgap measure, allowing time for Congress to come to a consensus on a second piece of pandemic relief legislation. The bill was supported by...
Last week, Unilever announced that it would drop the word “fair” from its skin-lightening products line “Fair & Lovely”. The announcement comes after a fresh wave of backlash against the skin-lightening product lines of many brands across the cosmetics industry, including those of industry giants Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal and...
Earlier this week Vice Studios U.S. announced that it has named Jannat Gargi, a veteran documentary producer and client of RPJ, to fill the new role of VP, Head of Documentaries for the Vice Media division. Gargi will oversee all documentary projects in the U.S. for the company, of which...
Since Covid-19 halted production in every corner of the entertainment industry, reality television has been quickly trying to figure out how to adapt production for their next seasons to be safe amid ongoing transmission concerns. Following industry developments, Yahoo! Entertainment reported in an article on June 26, “The future of...
As colleges and universities make decisions about returning to the classroom in the fall, professors with health concerns, or with family members with health concerns, still face uncertainty about who will get approved to teach remotely and who won’t. On June 22, The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article...
Jane Smith was a senior product developer at a global technology company. In early 2020, she was recruited by a rival tech company for a high-level management position at double the salary. Unfortunately, Jane’s first employer is headquartered in STATE, whose non-compete laws diminish her ability to advance elsewhere. Non-compete...
As businesses begin to reopen, defamation-related questions await both employers and employees. Can a claim for defamation be successfully brought against an employee falsely claiming another employee has contracted Covid-19? How about if an employee falsely alleges that an employer did not take adequate measures to protect its employees from...
This is the latest in a series of non-legal articles on the city we work in and love. On a hot New York City Sunday in July 1854, a 24-year-old African-American woman named Elizabeth Jennings was trying to get to church. She boarded a horse-drawn streetcar at the corner of...
The Banff World Media Festival’s 2020 Rockie Awards moved online this year due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and were broadcasted by virtual live stream on Monday, June 15. The awards celebrate excellence in film, television and digital media content from around the world, with a jury panel of 150...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law regulating discrimination in employment. Accompanying the relief and celebration of LGBTQ advocates and allies was...