RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen, who is Co-Chair of the Entertainment, Media and IP Law Committee of the Fairfield County Bar Association (FCBA), is pleased to announce that she and her Co-Chairs are hosting a CLE luncheon program on the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act on September 26. The program's...
RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen provided opening remarks at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Session of The Youth Assembly. The Youth Assembly, which ran from August 10 to August 13, brought special delegates-- nearly 1,000 young leaders and entrepreneurs between the ages of 16 and 26 from over 100 countries-- to New...
RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen is the featured expert in the latest Expert Insights series from AltaClaro to discuss the employment life cycle and how companies can shore up their employment and contract practices from the beginning of the process to the end. In general, Ms. Merlen highlights the importance of integrating legal standards...
AltaClaro features RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen in its most recent Expert Insights series to discuss the employment life cycle and how companies can shore up their employment and contract practices from the beginning of the process to the end. Overall, Ms. Merlen highlights the importance of integrating legal standards and...
AltaClaro features RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen in its most recent Expert Insights series to discuss the employment life cycle and how companies can shore up their employment and contract practices from the beginning of the process to the end. Overall, Ms. Merlen highlights the importance of integrating legal standards and...
All too often companies wait until after problems have arisen in an employment relationship to shore up their employment and contract practices. However, as RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen explains in her new Expert Insights series with AltaClaro, the best way to protect your company is to integrate legal standards...
Our firm is excited to announce that we have opened an office in Stamford, Connecticut, and appointed RPJ Partner and Stamford native Deena R. Merlen to head the Connecticut practice. Ms. Merlen counsels clients of the firm in both the Manhattan and Stamford offices. In addition to heading the firm’s Connecticut...
Following up on the Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis, handed down on Monday, May 21 (discussed by RPJ Partner Lawrence Brocchini in his article here), Refinery29 reached out to RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen on May 22 for comment on the potential impact of the SCOTUS decision...
By Deena R. Merlen and Allison M. Grein As the #MeToo movement sweeps the nation, a number of new laws in New York State and New York City have recently been enacted to provide greater protection against workplace sexual harassment. The “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” was signed into...
RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen is hosting an International Trademark Association (INTA) North America Roundtable in Stamford, CT, on April 13 on trademark due diligence and trademark transactions. IP due diligence, as an important part of overall mergers and acquisitions (M&A) due diligence, is the process of gathering information and...