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Anticipated Effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eradication of Chevron Deference on Employment Agency Rules

Last Friday, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court overruled a 40-year-old judicial deference doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” named after the 1984 Supreme Court ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which instructed courts that they should defer to federal administrative agencies’ readings on...

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Taking a “Look Back” at Hadestown’s Journey Way Down to Court: A Significant Case Opinion Paves the Way for Defenses to Claims of Discrimination in Casting

By Ethan Krasnoo and Anna Beckelman In May 2023, in the RPJ website post ”Will NYC’s New Employment Discrimination Bill Restrict Casting ‘In The Heights’?” we discussed New York City’s new law prohibiting employment discrimination based upon height or weight and how this legislation might affect casting decisions in New...

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RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo Interviewed For Fox News Article “Vin Diesel, Tommy Lee, Jermaine Jackson hit with sex abuse lawsuits under California’s accountability law”

RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo’s legal analysis concerning the California Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act is featured prominently in a recent Fox News Digital article. In the article, Mr. Krasnoo explains the purpose of the Act, stating that "the purpose is to give alleged victims a second bite at...

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Copyright Issues as they Pertain to AI and the Visual Arts: Let Us Paint You a Picture

By: Ethan Krasnoo and Anna Beckelman As artificial intelligence (“AI”) becomes more and more prevalent in our everyday use of technology, legal questions are being raised about how AI products are “trained” and how such training may encroach on “human generated” intellectual property. Earlier this year, our Reavis Page Jump...

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RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo’s Legal Opinion Featured in Fox Corporation’s News Article “Plaintiff in Robert De Niro Harassment Lawsuit Gets Intimidating Text From His Family: Lawyer”

RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo recently weighed in on the Robert De Niro Employment Discrimination Lawsuit currently unfolding in court. This Monday, in the midst of the court’s proceedings, a potentially incriminating text message sent by De Niro’s daughter to De Niro’s former assistant, the plaintiff in the ongoing gender discrimination trial...

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