On Thursday, May 7, 2020, the Read Alliance will hold its annual benefit at the Tribeca Rooftop. The Read Alliance works to accelerate the educational trajectory of early elementary students through teens who provide one-on-one literacy tutoring in under-resourced communities in New York. Since its inception in 2000, the organization has...
We are pleased to announce that RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen, who heads RPJ’s Connecticut practice, has been appointed as Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) of the USA and Canada, an independent professional organization that facilitates global intellectual property commerce through education, networking, standards...
RPJ Partner and Women Creating Change Board Chair Heidi Reavis led the contingent selected by The Today Show to honor International Women’s Day this morning. Reavis was interviewed by Today Show’s Kevin Schatell on the importance of women’s civic engagement to promote greater social justice. She mentioned the recent United Nations...
In the February edition of Advokaten, the Swedish Bar Association’s monthly magazine read by nearly every lawyer in Sweden, RPJ Associate Nafsika Karavida (US admission pending) was interviewed about her experience practicing law as a Swedish attorney in New York. Asked by the publication how she came to work with...
RPJ is pleased to welcome our newest Associate Elizabeth V. Stork. Ms. Stork practices in the fields of employment and labor law, litigation, arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution. She has represented clients in matters involving employment counseling, labor issues, misclassification and other wage and hour claims, with particular expertise in class...
Yesterday, the financial publication American Banker put out an article discussing the rising number of investors and asset management firms requesting more transparency from companies they are shareholders of, including big banks Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase. Specifically, the article highlighted investor resolutions requesting the end of mandatory arbitration in...
Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule revising its legal test for determining joint employer status. The NLRB’s new rule makes it harder for workers to claim that an entity is a joint employer because it states that a business is only a joint employer if...
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published an article discussing the Weinstein conviction and quoting RPJ Partner Heidi Reavis as an expert in the legal field of sexual harassment and assault cases. The article specifically addressed what impact the particular convicted and acquitted charges could have on sex-crimes cases moving forward....
The verdict for the sex crimes trial against Harvey Weinstein was announced this afternoon, finding the film mogul guilty of two counts of felony sex crimes, including rape and criminal sexual act. The jury acquitted Weinstein of the three other charges brought against him in the trial, two of which...
When physicians and their employers enter into employment agreements, the non-competition provision is often the most fiercely negotiated component. Hospitals and private practices view these “non-competes” as an important tool to protect their investment in physicians’ practices, including expanding their patient base and, in many cases, training the physicians. Physicians,...