At RPJ, Partner Ethan Krasnoo counsels clients in matters of entertainment, media transactions, intellectual property and employment law, as well as complex commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution. Before becoming a lawyer, though, Ethan was an actor. He studied theater at Tufts University and performed professionally in film, television...
It is with great pride and excitement that we announce the promotion of two of RPJ's attorneys, Ethan Krasnoo and Jill Kahn Marshall, to Partner, as of July 1, 2020. Both are exceptional members of the RPJ team, and we congratulate them on their incredible work and accomplishments! —————— Jill...
As businesses begin to reopen, defamation-related questions await both employers and employees. Can a claim for defamation be successfully brought against an employee falsely claiming another employee has contracted Covid-19? How about if an employee falsely alleges that an employer did not take adequate measures to protect its employees from...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law regulating discrimination in employment. Accompanying the relief and celebration of LGBTQ advocates and allies was...
RPJ attorneys Liz Stork and Ethan Krasnoo are participating in a program providing free consultations to workers referred by the Legal Network for Gender Equity who have been denied paid sick time or paid leave under the newly enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The Act grants certain workers up...
Governments, pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers around the world are racing to produce a vaccine for COVID-19, as well as potential drugs to fight the virus in those who contract it. The numbers show at least 70 reported potential vaccines and 150 other drugs for treatment that are in development...
As the United States and the rest of the world battle the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across multiple industries have struggled to quickly adapt: They are facing un-meetable contractual deadlines or other requirements and having to shutter some or all of their business activities, conduct furloughs or reductions in force, cancel...
This article was originally featured by Law360 in its "Expert Analysis" section on March 23, 2020. Broadway supports over 87,000 jobs and draws millions of attendees each year. In 2019, 14.6 million ticket purchasers attended a Broadway show which generated $1.75 billion in direct revenue. But two weeks ago Andrew Cuomo,...
Last month, my colleagues reported on the changes to New York discrimination laws and minimum wage and overtime exemption requirements that took effect at the start of the year—two of several significant, new employment legal initiatives of which U.S. employers and employees should be aware. Two others of particular note...
This week, fast food giant McDonald’s announced the firing of its CEO, Steve Easterbrook, because Mr. Easterbrook engaged in a consensual relationship with another McDonald’s employee. Consensual romantic and sexual relationships between coworkers are quite common in the modern workplace, with roughly 1 in 3 employees having engaged in one. But...