RPL Associate Niki Cubides to Attend SXSW Film Festival
RPL Associate Niki Cubides is attending South By Southwest ("SXSW") Music, Film and Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
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RPL Partner Nicole Page to Appear as Panelist at NYWIFT Event
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 Attorney Deena R. Merlen Co-Chair of Entertainment Law Committee of Bar Association
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 Featured in Realscreen Magazine
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.
Another RPL Client Film Screens at Hot Docs
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 Attorney Deena R. Merlen Appointed Chair and President of FAF
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 Speaking at NYCFF Film & Finance Forum
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 Attorney Deena R. Merlen Presents Mentor Session at SXSW
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...
RPL Client Publishes Book for Grand Central’s Centennial
RPL congratulates its client Maxinne Rhea Leighton on the reissue of Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives, written by Ms. Leighton and co-author John Belle and published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. The reissue of this celebrated photographic tribute to Grand Central Terminal in New York City has...
RPL Client Publishes the First “Techno-Romance” Book, The Gaggle
RPL congratulates clients Jessica Massa and Rebecca Wiegand on Simon & Shuster's release of their new book, The Gaggle -- How The Guys You Know Will Help You Find the Love You Want. RPL attorneys Nicole Page and Niki D. Cubides provided legal services in connection with the book.