RPJ is proud to announce that Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis, Alice K. Jump, Deena R. Merlen, Frederick Fucci and John A. Beranbaum have been selected to the 2025 Metro New York Super Lawyers list and Jill Kahn Marshall has been selected to the 2025 Metro New York Rising Stars list. Following a vigorous...
By Deena R. Merlen and Katie Bigley RPJ’s corporate intellectual property practice is overseen by Partner Deena R. Merlen and Business and Legal Affairs Manager Katie Bigley, who share the following important warnings about fraudulent USPTO communications and misleading solicitations. When you submit a trademark application to the United...
RPJ’s Deena R. Merlen was recently quoted in a Business Insider article examining the launch of Louis Vuitton’s new beauty line, La Beaute, which debuted this past Friday under the creative direction of renowned make-up artist Dame Pat McGrath. The launch, which comes during a period of economic uncertainty and...
by Deena R. Merlen Attorneys are fielding a lot of questions from employers that wish to electronically monitor their employees. With remote and hybrid work models far more prevalent since the pandemic, and with employees increasingly blessed (or cursed) with the ability to log on from anywhere, at any time,...
Let’s say I, a busy attorney, am late leaving work and have to run a few errands on the way home. I’m driving on Route 1 past strip malls and big box stores, trying to remember where the heck is Home Depot. Far ahead, I see an orange something on...
We are proud to share that RPJ’s Deena Merlen was a featured speaker on a live-streamed webinar titled Navigating the Challenges of U.S. Visa Renewals and their Effect on Hiring Decisions hosted on June 23, 2025 by the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY). The program drew a...
RPJ’s Deena R. Merlen spoke with the Financial Times earlier this month about the waves of layoffs sweeping through Silicon Valley. “We’re seeing seismic changes in employment practices, reflecting a broader cultural shift in the U.S.,” says Ms. Merlen in the article. “These shifts are influencing how decisions are made...
RPJ’s Deena Merlen was recently interviewed by Business Insider about Microsoft’s large-scale waves of layoffs. Asked whether Microsoft’s recent actions are actually unlawful, Ms. Merlen noted that some employees may seek to argue that they were chosen to be included in the layoffs not because of non-discriminatory, performance-based reasons as...
As civil rights activists recently called on consumers to mount a one-day boycott of Target in late February, Vogue Business asked, “Is a consumer boycott brewing in the US?” That question has been squarely answered as calls for such boycotts have multiplied in protest of companies retreating from their diversity,...
RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen spoke with Fortune last week about Kelly Stonelake’s lawsuit filed earlier this month against Meta (formerly known as Facebook). Stonelake, who worked at the tech giant for fifteen years, accuses Meta of egregious sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of state discrimination laws in Washington...