RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo was recently interviewed regarding his and RPJ’s Alice K. Jump’s client, Kimberly Steefel, in an article for Law360. A former attorney at Ballard Spahr LLP, Ms. Steefel filed a lawsuit against the firm and its employee benefits group leader, Brian Pinheiro, claiming that she was fired due...
This month, RPJ Partner Ethan Krasnoo was twice interviewed and quoted by Fox News regarding the ongoing legal drama between actress Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and producer Jamey Heath, accusing them of...
By Alice K. Jump, Ethan Krasnoo, and Deena Merlen In his inaugural speech on January 20th, President Trump articulated his vision for America under his administration, promising to create a “colorblind and merit-based” society. On January 21st, President Trump signed an Executive Order (one of many he has penned in...
By Ethan Krasnoo Concerns for the protections of vulnerable groups by federal commissions were at the forefront of social policies on the ballot with the recent U.S. presidential election. The 2024 election was widely described in the media as one where our very democracy was at stake, and these concerns...
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...
Earlier this month, The Apprentice, a film following a young Donald Trump, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film includes Trump’s character engaging in criminal actions such as sexual assault, a crime for which he has not been convicted, but does not include any of his actions during or...
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...
Mr. Krasnoo was interviewed by OperaWire in connection with his representation of Sam Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by Opera star David Daniels and his husband. This past August, Daniels and his husband pled guilty to the assault in connection with the criminal cases against them. The interview in OperaWire...
A recent United States Supreme Court ruling in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC has held that whistleblowers do not need to show retaliatory intent, or retaliatory animus, on the part of their employers in order to be protected under federal law, specifically under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...
In this article, Alice K. Jump and Ethan Krasnoo explore some of the issues raised by recent changes in employment law, as well as some specific requirements regarding waiting periods, tax implications, case dismissal requirements and enforceability under New York and federal law. In a bygone era, parties could settle...