RPJ is proud to support the film Missing in Brooks County, kicking off the opening line-up of the DOC NYC festival that runs through November 19. MIBC drills down to expose the reasons for the record high fatality rate in Brooks County, Texas, home of “the largest cemetery in the...
Partner Heidi Reavis is a guest contributor this week in The New York Law Journal, discussing the protracted Weinstein settlement negotiations which have had the effect of favoring the litany of Weinstein attorneys over the Weinstein victims. See her article, “Spotlight on Weinstein Counsel and the Culture of Complicity.” The...
On November 5, Heidi Reavis and Reavis Page Jump as a whole were featured in Law360 in its article, “BigLaw Getting Election Day As A Holiday? Not So Fast.” The article discusses how some law firms announced Election Day as a holiday this year (full day or half day), not...
Partner Heidi Reavis was recently quoted in an article entitled “Law Firms Largely Buck Growing Trend of Monitoring Remote Employees’ Productivity” about law firm productivity and tracking trends during Covid-19. In this remote work landscape, it can be difficult for employers, including law firms, to trust that employees are indeed...
RPJ is proud to congratulate Partners Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis, Nicole Page and Alice K. Jump and Special Counsel Fred Fucci on their 2020 selection to Super Lawyers. We also congratulate Partner Jill Kahn Marshall on her selection to Super Lawyers' Rising Stars! The Super Lawyers distinction is given to...
Missing in Brooks County is a compelling human rights documentary that follows the searches of two families just north of the US-Mexican border for their missing loved ones, and explores the broader national and international debates that impact immigration policy and lost lives. The film premieres tonight, October 13, and...
With the upcoming Census deadline, it is important to us at RPJ to inform people why this deadline and the Census are so vital to our communities, our states and the country as a whole. The Census happens only once every 10 years and is the foundation of our federal...
On June 30, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing sued Cisco Systems Inc. for discrimination on behalf of John Doe, an Indian engineer at Cisco’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Doe was born into the Dalit population in India, which is considered the lowest caste in the country’s hierarchical system....
Last week on July 9, RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis presented via Zoom to Columbia University Law School’s LLM and U.S. Business Law programs, open to foreign lawyers and MBA graduate students around the world, on the history of American racial and gender profiling, the lead-up to the #MeToo...
Since Covid-19 halted production in every corner of the entertainment industry, reality television has been quickly trying to figure out how to adapt production for their next seasons to be safe amid ongoing transmission concerns. Following industry developments, Yahoo! Entertainment reported in an article on June 26, “The future of...