RPJ Partners Deena Merlen and Jill Kahn Marshall recently published an article for the New York Law Journal entitled “When Political Discourse Leads to Dismissal”. This article explores how political speech on public social media platforms can lead to termination by one’s employer, and how such termination can lead to...
Conventional wisdom used to dictate that employers should refrain from taking political positions, and employees' personal political views had no place in the workplace. The widespread use of social media has changed this calculus today. While technically not part of an employee's workplace behavior, employees' personal social media accounts are...
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...
Today, Reavis Page Jump LLP takes center stage in the just-published 2019 "New York's Women Leaders in the Law" supplement to the New York Law Journal and New York Magazine. Each year, the supplement features the city's top women-led firms that are doing outstanding work and driving women's leadership in the legal field. Featured...