On April 8, 2022, SpaceX and the private spaceflight company Axiom Space made history with the successful launch of Ax-1, the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. The mission was led by former NASA astronaut and RPJ Client Michael Lopez-Alegria who served as Commander. The 10-day trip to...
RPJ Client Minnow Films Ltd. is debuting Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King tomorrow, March 30th, on Netflix. The crime documentary follows the story of investors-turned-sleuths as they attempt to uncover the mystery behind the suspicious death of multimillionaire Gerry Cotten, and the missing $250 million they...
Women and Hollywood has named Pray Away, directed by Kristine Stolakis and produced by Multitude Films, one of 2021’s best women-centric documentaries. The film explores the “ex-gay movement” and how former leaders of Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, have since come out as LGBTQ. Taking...
RPJ is delighted and honored to welcome our newest colleagues to the team: John A. Beranbaum John A. Beranbaum joins RPJ’s strong practice in employment law, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and trial advocacy. With over 30 years of litigation and trial experience, Mr. Beranbaum regularly counsels clients navigating complex workplace circumstances...
Yesterday, Nicole Page was quoted in an article by Deborah Copaken in her newsletter Ladyparts entitled, "Ageism Part II: Getting Fired." The essay explores the experiences of middle-aged women in corporate America facing termination as their employers seek more inexperienced employees that they can pay less, while male employees continue to...
On Monday, RPJ client Anna Holmes published The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” on the New Yorker, exploring the life and work of Margaret Wise Brown. Her children's books, including the classic "Goodnight Moon," rejected the moral instruction of classic fables and folktales, in favor of stories that reflected the preoccupations,...
Missing in Brooks County, the influential feature documentary that follows two families as they search for missing children in Brooks County, Texas, and puts a human face on the fatal crossings by undocumented Mexican immigrants that has created the “largest cemetery” in the United States, will be premiering on PBS’s...
RPJ congratulates client Wild Child Touring Inc. and Trans-Siberian Orchestra on TSO’s spectacular US tour, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories.” Devoted fans who flock to TSO concerts every year and first timers alike are delighting in TSO’s triumphant return to the road after TSO reluctantly cancelled its annual winter tour...
Yesterday, the Sundance Film Festival announced that Mija, directed by Isabel Castro and produced by Tabitha Breese, will participate in its World Cinema Documentary Competition. The feature follows 26-year-old music manager Doris Muñoz, as she works to launch the career of Chicanx pop stars while navigating her family’s undocumented legal...
New York Times film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis have named documentary “Bring Your Own Brigade” one of the best films of the year. Following the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history, the film tells the story of the towns struggling to rebuild...