Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Parner Nicole S. Page was featured in the May/June 2016 issue of Realscreen magazine, a leading film and television industry publication. Her article, titled "Life Rights — It's Complicated," shares important insights on when and why life rights agreements should be obtained when depicting a real-life subject. To...
Recently, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a copyright decision in favor of the pop star Madonna. The plaintiff, VMG Salsoul, LLC, alleged that Madonna and producer Shep Pettibone improperly copied a 0.23 second segment of horn hits from Salsoul’s song Love Break and used...
Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Special Counsel Michael D. Utevsky was recently appointed to the Planning Board of the Village of Head of the Harbor, New York and has also been named Chair of the Village Advisory Committee on Deer Management. Mr. Utevksy’s service with the Village of Head of the...
This week, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Managing Partner Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis and the Women’s Forum of New York hosted a private breakfast discussion titled “Women in the Military.” Invitees included Brigadier Gen. Marianne Watson, Director of Manpower and Personnel, National Guard Bureau; Rear Admiral Nancy J. Lescavage, 20th Director...
Recently, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP joined the American Foreign Law Association (AFLA), a national membership organization founded in 1925 that promotes the understanding and application of foreign, comparative and international law and cooperation with other professional organizations. RPL joins AFLA’s membership that includes other practitioners, judges, legal scholars and legal...
On Friday, June 3, 2016 Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Partner Nicole Page and Matt Gould of PactUS hosted a lunch and discussion on making branded content led by Todd Broder, Broderville Pictures, Nick Fortunato, Head of Studios at XO Group and Cory Calhoun, Content Director of Travel + Leisure Studios....
Recently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) released a new rule assigning a fiduciary standard to retirement advisors. The rule heightens the duty of care for financial advisors who deal with retirement accounts, imposing a standard which expressly requires that the advisor acts in the client’s best...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen, Special Counsel Dara L. Onofrio and Associate Allison (“Ally”) M. Grein will moderate an International Trademark Association (“INTA”) Roundtable titled, “Navigating the IR Waters So You Don't Drown” on Friday, June 24, 2016 from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the Stamford Innovation Center at 175 Atlantic...
Last week, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP hosted a Citywide Event as part of Internet Week NY 2016. RPL Attorneys Marla M. Gordon, Deena R. Merlen and Allison M. Grein hosted an informal discussion about legal issues related to native advertising, sponsored content, UGC, endorsements and testimonials, which have become powerful advertising tools for companies in...
Internet Week NY 2016: Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Citywide Event Native Advertising, User-Generated Content and the Law Friday, May 20, 2016, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 41 Madison Avenue, 41st Floor New York, NY 10010 Native advertising, sponsored content and user-generated content (UGC) have become powerful advertising tools for companies...