February 15, 2020, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony, who is considered one of the driving influences behind the movement to give American women the right to vote. Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Anthony was the second-oldest of seven children. The Anthony family was strongly committed...
This is the fifth and final article in a series discussing the proposed Title IX regulations published by the U.S. Department of Education on November 16, 2018, and intended to address institutional procedures for investigating and resolving complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault in educational institutions funded by the...
RPJ is excited to congratulate our client Multitude Films on the announcement that its latest documentary short, Call Center Blues, will premiere at SXSW Film Festival this March. SXSW revealed the film’s premiere last week. Directed by Emmy Award-winner Geeta Gandbhir and produced by Jessica Devaney, Call Center Blues is...
Last month, my colleagues reported on the changes to New York discrimination laws and minimum wage and overtime exemption requirements that took effect at the start of the year—two of several significant, new employment legal initiatives of which U.S. employers and employees should be aware. Two others of particular note...
From February 27 to March 1, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood will host the 10th Annual Athena Film Festival, a yearly celebration of women’s leadership, courage and resilience on view over an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries and short films that...
Earlier this week and kicking off the new year, on January 22, RPJ co-sponsored a free screening of producer Mick Caouette’s film, Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, at UBS in honor of the 100th anniversary in 2020 of women’s suffrage and Women Creating Change’s Founders Day, as Perkins...
In the latest issue of Realscreen Magazine, RPJ Partner Nicole Page was interviewed on the proliferation of user-generated content (UGC) in documentary film and television today, and more specifically, the issues around its use and licensing. In the article, “When UGC Becomes ‘WTF?’,” Daniele Alcinii details recent copyright litigation arising out...
After building up laws against sexual harassment in 2018, in 2019 New York State enacted additional legislation that further clarified and expanded protections available to workers under the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), as we previously discussed in this article. A number of the new requirements took effect in...
The last several years have seen successful efforts by employees and employee advocates to raise the minimum wage and salary thresholds for exempt employees throughout New York State. While these increases have been scheduled to gradually take effect over a number of years, the onset of 2020 brings further increases throughout the...
On January 27, RPJ Partner Nicole Page will moderate a panel at the Realscreen Summit 2020 entitled, "Safe Sets: Best Practices for Duty of Care." Ms. Page and the panelists will discuss steps to be taken by producers, network executives and others in the TV industry in establishing duty of care...