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...
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....
May 3, 2016, New York, NY — RPL Partner Nicole Page will be attending the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. She will be co-leading "Hot Docs Workshop: Decoding Contracts" on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. with attorney Jordan Nahmias. Participants will benefit from Ms. Page's broad expertise and learn how...
March 31, 2016, New York, NY — Yesterday, Indiewire.com featured an article by RPL Partner Nicole Page on the legal and business aspects of documentary filmmaking. Ms. Page emphasizes the critical importance of negotiating and signing legal agreements early on in the filmmaking process. "Documentary filmmaking cannot be a sustainable business...
RPL client, Chris Foley, will be performing his one-man show, Off the Desk (Tales of a Mediocre Stockbroker) from January 20, 2016 to January 31, 2016, at the Workshop Theater in New York. In his show, Foley shares comedic stories about his lackluster career on Wall Street and the fantasy...
In light of national discourse regarding gender bias in Hollywood and the media and entertainment industries, RPL hosted an Ask for More Holiday Lunch on December 8, 2015. Over twenty senior professionals working in film, television and media attended to share relevant insights and experiences. Led by RPL Partner Nicole...
Tune in Wednesday, September 23, at 8:00 p.m. ET for the premiere of Catching Odell on the NFL Network. Catching Odell is a one hour documentary special featuring New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who rose to fame after making a spectacular one-handed catch on Sunday Night Football...
RPL Partner Nicole S. PageRPL Partner Nicole Page shares more insights about recent lawsuits brought by unpaid interns in this Huntington Post Article titled “Interns Should Get More Out of Internships Than Employers” published on August 20, 2015.
RPL congratulates its client Engel Entertainment on this summer's successful premiere of its fourth season of “North Woods Law” on Animal Planet. Tune into Animal Planet, Sunday's at 8 pm ET, to catch the latest episodes (check local listings). This season, the Maine Game Wardens enter their busiest and most perilous time...
We are pleased to announce that our client’s film, “Lucky Stiff,” opens today in theatres in New York and nationwide On-Demand. Congratulations to the Lucky Stiff team! Lucky Stiff is based on the 1983 novel, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth and was later...