For many years, litigants in New York have been required to have most of the documents being submitted to court notarized, particularly when filing affidavits. All of this will change beginning January 1, 2024, when a new bill takes effect which will permit people in civil cases in New York...
RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo recently weighed in on the Robert De Niro Employment Discrimination Lawsuit currently unfolding in court. This Monday, in the midst of the court’s proceedings, a potentially incriminating text message sent by De Niro’s daughter to De Niro’s former assistant, the plaintiff in the ongoing gender discrimination trial...
This past Friday, RPJ Attorneys Nicole Page and Daniel Ain presented a panel at the Fall 2023 DOC NYC festival on “Documentary Ethics and the Law”. The panel, which was sponsored by RPJ and Hulu, featured clients Jess Devaney, Nicholas Bruckman, Viridiana Lieberman, and Beth Aala who provided key insight...
This past Wednesday night, November 8, RPJ Attorneys Alice Jump, Deena Merlen, Ethan Krasnoo and Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis weighed in on “Questions You Don’t Want to Ask Out Loud—Employment Law,” the inaugural Panel sponsored by Equity in Lighting. The Panel provided RPJ the opportunity to answer anonymous employment and...
Every year, “Best Lawyers,” a peer reviewed legal publication, selects who they deem to be the best lawyers and the best law firms in the United States on the basis of carefully selected criteria. Of course, we know that all of our lawyers are the “best lawyers,” and we are...
The Realscreen Awards recognize productions and their teams for outstanding content in non-fiction and unscripted media from around the world. Nominees for this award are selected by a panel of industry professionals from eighteen different countries. In the “Reality” category, Jonathan Retseck and Chris Sharma of RXR Sports were nominated...
As of this past Saturday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (SAG-AFTRA) strike has officially eclipsed the 100-day mark, making this strike the longest in SAG-AFTRA’s history. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are now back at the table after the...
Multitude Films recently had three projects shortlisted for the 39th International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards. The nominated films include: “How to Carry Water,” Directed by Sasha Wortzel and Produced by Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, and Anya Rouse “The Script,” Directed by Brit Fryer and Noah Schamus and Produced by Colleen...
Earlier this month, a State Supreme Court judge filed her decision which upheld New York City’s 2021 rezoning of SoHo-NoHo against the challenge brought by the SoHo NoHo Coalition, on Constitutional grounds. More specifically, the judge upheld the requirement that non-artists living in residential units in SoHo-NoHo that were designated...
The Fairfield Co. Bar Association Diversity Committee, which is co-chaired by RPJ Partner Deena R. Merlen, had its inaugural event last month when former State Representatives Joseph Grabarz Jr. and Hon. Douglas Mintz (Ret.) (pictured above with Ms. Merlen and her co-chair, Jaime Dursht) led a fascinating discussion on Diversity...