According to a report from the National Employment Law Project, wage theft in New York accounts for almost $1 billion in lost wages owed to New Yorkers every year. In an effort to curb this, New York enacted the Wage Theft Accountability Act (“WTAA”) on September 6, 2023, which took...
By Ethan Krasnoo Last week, as widely reported, U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert was ejected from a Denver performance of the national tour of Beetlejuice, a musical based on the cult-favorite movie of the same title that played on Broadway until early 2023. According to The Denver Post, Boebert was escorted...
RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo was recently featured in a Law360 article entitled “Opera Star’s Plea Shows Broad Reach of #MeToo, Atty Says”. Law360 publishes its newsletter to 1.5 million legal professionals each day. The article, by Cara Salvatore, features a “Q&A” with Ethan which focuses on RPJ’s representation of Samuel...
We are pleased to report that on Friday, August 4, 2023, RPJ client and sexual assault complaining witness, Samuel Schultz, received some closure in connection with the criminal matter against his rapists, opera star David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, which was slated to begin trial that day in...
As recounted by my colleagues Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman in their recent article, on May 11, 2023, the New York City Council passed a bill that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and access to public accommodation on the basis of someone’s actual or perceived height or weight. By...
New York State Assembly Bill A8092B, referred to as New York State’s Lawful Absence Law, recently went into effect.[1] The Law, which amends New York Labor Law §215, prohibits employers from threatening, penalizing, discriminating, or retaliating against employees for any lawful absences under federal, state, or local law, including legally...
By Ethan Krasnoo and Ariana Zhao Since summer 2022, Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) has banned attorneys involved in litigation against the company from its venues, which include, among many others, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. To justify this decision, MSGE has cited Rule 4.2 of the...
Notarizations are intended to prevent fraud by providing assurances that a document is authentic, and that signatures on the document are genuine. New York licenses individuals with specific qualifications to become notaries and notarize documents in New York. Recently, New York expanded its legal authority for notaries to, as of...
In November 2021, the New York City Council passed a law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) hiring tools by employers in the city, which will go into effect in January 2023; similar legislation has been proposed elsewhere in the United States and even at the federal level. These...
My Cousin Vinny, the 1992 courtroom drama/comedy starring Marisa Tomei and Joe Pesci turned 30 this week. The film is not only a good drama and fantastic comedy, but served as a driving force in pushing my interest in becoming a lawyer and specifically, a litigator. While lawyering was not...