RPL congratulates partner Deena R. Merlen on her appointment as Co-Chair of the Entertainment Law Committee of the Fairfield County Bar Association in Connecticut. Fairfield County is arguably the heart of Connecticut's robust film, television, and digital media industry, which has experienced explosive growth over the last few years, spurred in part by a highly favorable...
RPL Partner Nicole Page will be making a guest appearance on a panel hosted by NYTVF entitled "Reality Check!" The panel is scheduled for July 9, 2013 and aims to provide indie producers with insight into the non-scripted landscape of the television industry.
Congratulations to RPL Partner Nicole Page on her excellent article on non-scripted talent agreements that was published in the May-June issue of Realscreen Magazine.
RPL congratulates its client Jillian Schlesinger on the selection of her film, Maidentrip, to be screened at Hot Docs. Maidentrip, a critically-acclaimed "coming of age" film on Laura Dekker, the youngest person to sail around the world by herself, won the Audience Award for its category at SXSW last month. ...
RPL Partner Nicole Page is attending this year’s Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. Look for her on May 1, 2013 during the Rent-an-Expert sessions, a great opportunity to connect with industry experts to learn from their expertise. Nicole will be discussing Funding Through Private Investment. See here for more details.
RPL congratulates partner Deena R. Merlen on her appointment to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation Inc., a highly-regarded nonprofit organization and NGO that has been involved in international cultural exchange and the arts for forty years.
RPL attorneys Deena R. Merlen and Neil P. Parent are speaking at the 2013 NYCFF Film & Finance Forum next week. This popular annual event will feature panel discussions on Crowdfunding, the JOBS Act, film festivals, and distribution, with Q&A and informal networking to follow the presentations. Sponsored by Pave,...
RPL partner Deena R. Merlen was invited to present a Mentor Session at South By Southwest (“SXSW”) Music, Film and Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas this month. SXSW brings national and international figures from the music, film and new media technology industries together to share and showcase new works, technologies...
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns successfully quashed a subpoena issued by the City of New York seeking footage and notes from Burns’ film The Central Park Five. On February 19, 2013, New York Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis quashed the City’s subpoena, ruling that the journalistic evidentiary privilege...
RPL Partner Nicole Page attended the 2013 Realscreen Summit in Washington D.C. with RPL Client Engel Entertainment . The Summit is the definitive global market and conference for the business of unscripted entertainment. Ms. Page at the Summit with Seth Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Rebel Entertainment Partners.