RPJ’s Alice K. Jump was recently quoted in a Fox News article covering the ongoing legal battle between Katy Perry and U.S. Army veteran Carl Westcott over the sale of a $15 million Montecito California mansion. The dispute began when Westcott, after selling the 8.9-acre property to Perry, sought to...
By Alice K. Jump and Lucia Mead With the NFL season about to commence, a recent ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit highlights some interesting employment and dispute resolution issues. On August 14, 2025, the Second Circuit upheld a the lower court’s ruling in Flores v....
RPJ is proud to congratulate the Estate of longtime client Albert Bialek on the successful sale of the historic Metro Theater on Manhattan's Upper West Side to the Upper West Side Cinema Center, a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing the space as a working theater. For many years, RPJ had...
This week’s Fortune Newsletter addressing the recent scrutiny Meta is facing for its controversial workplace practice, keeping “do not hire” lists concerning Meta’s former employees, featured comments from RPJ Partner Alice Jump. This practice, while uncommon, is not unheard of for companies and essentially serves as an identifier of employees...
This week, RPJ Partner Alice K. Jump was featured in a WorkLife article examining the legal implications of political discourse in the workplace. As the United States gears up for another contentious presidential election, the challenges faced by employers are more pronounced than ever. One in every three employees has...
This is the latest in a series of non-legal articles on the city we work in and love. The environs around RPJ are home to many structures of interest but perhaps none more mysterious than the fifty-one-foot obelisk at the intersection of 25th and Broadway. Interred below the spire are...
Written by Joy Wiltermuth, Featuring Alice Jump Donald Trump's real-estate business has been dealt another blow by another guilty verdict in New York. Can a felon get a commercial real-estate loan? That's one of the many financial questions to emerged after the historic criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump...
As summer approaches, so does the August implementation deadline for the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement. Various real estate experts quoted in the Housing Wire article featuring Jump argue that these changes will harm veterans, minorities, and low-income Americans, and that...
In Syeed v. Bloomberg L.P., 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 01330, 2024 WL 1097279, at **3-4 (Mar. 14, 2024), the New York Court of Appeals held that New York State and City Human Rights Laws apply to out-of-state job applicants who are seeking employment in New York, thus clarifying its prior...
Next week, Ms. Jump will be presenting a live Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webinar on the topic of Non-Solicitation Agreements in the Employment Context. This event will take place on Friday, March 22, from 12:00pm – 1:40pm ET, and all friends of RPJ can access the CLE at no cost...