Today is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and also marking a call to action to accelerate gender parity. The first International Women's Day occurred in 1911 and is not specific to a country, group or organization, but rather belongs...
On Friday, March 8 at 12:00pm, RPJ Partner Nicole Page will lead a virtual discussion on "The Hidden Secrets of Negotiation" for PowerToFly, an online business platform committed to encouraging diversity recruiting and hiring of women. During the discussion Ms. Page will answer questions on negotiating strategies, discuss recent changes to negotiation...
The Athena Film Festival has announced its 2019 honorary award winners, recognizing and celebrating women leaders in the entertainment industry and those who support them. The 2019 honorees are Time's Up co-founder Nina Shaw for the Athena Award; writer, director and actress Desiree Akhavan, most recently acclaimed for this year's The...
We are proud to congratulate our client on the continuing success of the documentary Roll Red Roll. The film is set for a limited theatrical release, premiering March 22nd at Film Forum in New York City with additional locations to follow. Subsequently, PBS will broadcast Roll Red Roll nationwide as the opening film for...
On January 30, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel at the Realscreen Summit 2019 discussing new laws affecting production companies and examining legislative changes effective since #MeToo. “The More You Know: Avoiding Liability in the Production Workplace” covered new laws on sexual harassment, paid family leave, pay equity and worker misclassification for production companies who...
From February 28th to March 3rd, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood will host the 9th Annual Athena Film Festival, a yearly celebration of women’s leadership on view over an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries and short films highlighting the stories of powerful...
At the Getting Real '18 conference last September, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel entitled "After #MeToo," which was then profiled in Suz Curtis's article, "Slouching Towards Parity: Panelists Discuss Filmmaking in the #MeToo Era." Given recent changes to New York laws and the creation of The Gender-Based Anti-Harassment Unit...
On Wednesday, February 13, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Associate Niki Bhargava will lead a workshop hosted by Women Make Movies on drafting and understanding film production legal and related agreements and more for filmmakers and production companies. The workshop, "Understanding & Drafting Contracts with Entertainment Attorney Nicole Page," will take...
This past Saturday, January 19, RPJ Partner Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis was featured in a scheduled interview on WBAI Radio 99.5 FM about the 2019 Women's March and recent specific changes in New York City and State law. Heidi also took the opportunity to promote RPJ’s Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Training courses as a means for...
On January 30, RPJ Partner Nicole Page will moderate a panel for the Realscreen Summit 2019. The panel, "The More You Know: Avoiding Liability in the Production Workplace," will cover the many new laws at the federal and state level, specifically for New York and California, on sexual harassment, paid family leave, pay...