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...
On June 11, 2015 RPL Partner Nicole Page hosted a webinar for Women Make Movies titled "Everything You Wanted to Know About Fair Use But Were Afraid to Ask". In this webinar, Nicole delved into the crucial matter of understanding fair use and its relationship to copyright law. In discussing...
On May 12, 2015, RPL attorney Nicole D. "Niki" Cubides co-led a workshop for New York Women in Film & Television titled "Distribution Deal Points Unraveled" aimed at helping filmmakers navigate the major deal points of a distribution agreement. In this discussion, Niki covered topics including the “optimal” grant of...
On Tuesday, February 24, RPL attorneys Nicole Page, Nicole "Niki" Cubides and Allison "Ally" M. Grein hosted a roundtable discussion as part of Social Media Week NYC titled The Legal Limits of Privacy in Social Media: What You Need to Know. Their talk engaged attendees in a dialogue about recent...
RPL Partner Nicole Page writes about idea theft claims in the television industry in Real Screen Magazine's January/February 2015 issue. In her article, she offers practical suggestions for production companies and networks to guard against these claims and protect their intellectual property. Her article is available below. Whose Idea is...
This article was written by Mark H. Moore, a Partner in the Firm. New York’s Court of Appeals, in a recent decision, MSCI Inc. v. Jacob, ___ N.Y.3d __, __ N.Y.S.2d __, 2014 WL 4637883 (Sept. 18, 2014), ordered the production of a defendant software company’s latest versions of its...
RPL Partner Nicole Page will be participating on a panel hosted by New York Women in Film and Television entitled “SAG-AFTRA Contract Workshop.” The panel is scheduled for Monday, June 16, 2014 at 6:30p.m. and will offer film producers a detailed overview of the process of working with the SAG-AFTRA.
Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP is hosting a special breakfast program during Internet Week New York entitled “Avoiding Pitfalls of Posting Online Content.” The event will take place on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM, at our office located at 41 Madison Avenue, 41st Floor (corner of...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen, who practices in both New York and Connecticut, will be speaking at a CLE program in Stamford, Connecticut titled: “When Hollywood Comes To Connecticut: Tax Benefits For Producers and the Potential Cost Of Unpaid Interns and Misclassified Freelancers.” Other speakers include Ed Ruggiero, Tax Credit...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen is moderating an International Trademark Association (“INTA”) Roundtable titled, “Trademark Litigation A-Z.” Thousands of trademark infringement lawsuits are litigated in federal district courts every year. In 2013, an average of 269 federal trademark infringement lawsuits were filed each month in this country. Typical costs for...