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May 11, 2023 Client News, Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

With Title 42 Expiring Today, RPJ Is Especially Proud to Announce ‘Missing in Brooks County’ on the US Southern Border Crisis, Executive Produced by RPJ’s Heidi Reavis, Wins the Peabody Award for Best Documentary

Coinciding with the pandemic-era border restriction policy known as Title 42 expiring just last night and threatening to worsen an already urgent and unmanaged humanitarian crisis, RPJ is proud to have been directly involved in Missing in Brooks County, the award-winning feature length documentary exploring the human toll of the...

May 1, 2023 Client News, Entertainment Law, Events

Screening at Tribeca Film Festival! Congratulations to Multitude, People’s Television, and Words and Pictures on their Films

As the Tribeca Film Festival draws near, we're thrilled to share that films by RPJ Clients Multitude Films, People's Television, and Words and Pictures have been announced in the lineup. Multitude Films' It’s Only Life After All is a documentary about iconic music duo, The Indigo Girls. Director Alexandria Bombach...

April 27, 2023 Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, RPJ News & Publications

The Copyright Battle Between Trump and Woodward: Who Owns the Interviews?

Somewhat lost among the many ongoing and significant cases involving Donald Trump, from his recent indictment stemming from hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels to E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and sexual assault suit, is an interesting copyright suit filed by Trump in the U.S. District Court in Florida earlier...

April 17, 2023 Client News, Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

‘Missing in Brooks County’ Nominated for Peabody Award

Very excited to share that Missing in Brooks County has been nominated for a Peabody Award - one of the most preeminent and distinguished awards in entertainment across all media including radio/podcast, broadcast television, film, documentary and news. Peabody Award nominees are selected annually from over 3,000 entries. Those entries...

March 14, 2023 Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Florida vs. First Amendment

Over the past weeks and months, you may have found yourself asking (or dreading to ask): what aspect of free speech will Florida target next? It started with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, followed by the “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act’s efforts to ban books (including “woke” math text books), and the...

February 28, 2023 Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Gonzalez v. Google: Supreme Court Case Puts Section 230 Immunity on the Line

“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”[1] These twenty-six words comprise Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act and have, since Congress’ 1996 enactment of the Act, provided internet companies with...

February 21, 2023 Community & Civic Engagement, Entertainment Law, Legal News, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, RPJ News & Publications

How Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s “Lawyer Ban” Restricting Venue Attendance Raises Concerns of Privacy, Discrimination and Protections of Public Criticism

By Ethan Krasnoo and Ariana Zhao Since summer 2022, Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) has banned attorneys involved in litigation against the company from its venues, which include, among many others, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. To justify this decision, MSGE has cited Rule 4.2 of the...

February 9, 2023 Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

A Laudatory Review for Multitude Documentary, Milisuthando

As a follow up to the recent post on the January 21st premiere of Multitude Films’ documentary Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival, last week, The Hollywood Reporter published a glowing review of the film. Reexamining her own experience growing up in apartheid South Africa, director Milisuthando Bongela reflects on...

January 26, 2023 Client News, Entertainment Law

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Film, AIR, about Sonny Vaccaro and the Early Days of Nike, Slated for Worldwide Theatrical Release April 5th

AIR will be coming to theatres April 5th! The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon film is about RPJ friend and client, Sonny Vaccaro and his tenacious efforts to sign NBA superstar Michael Jordan to a first of its kind deal with Nike. AIR tells the story of how Sonny, played...

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