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...
RPL Attorneys Neil Parent and Niki Cubides, in conjunction with Social Media Week, hosted a presentation on, "Equity Crowdfunding: Democratizing Funding through Social Media" on February 19, 2014. The presentation focused on providing startup entrepreneurs and content creators with insights regarding the proposed rules of Title III of the JOBS...
RPL Associate Niki Cubides is attending South By Southwest ("SXSW") Music, Film and Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
RPL Partner Nicole Page will be participating on a panel hosted by New York Women In Film and Television entitled “The Legal Rights of Freelancers.” The panel is scheduled for Wednesday October 23, 2013 and addresses issues faced by freelancers in the entertainment industry including independent contractor agreements, on-the-job liability...
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...
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. ...