RPJ client Words + Pictures has partnered with ESPN on Saban, a six-part documentary series currently in production chronicling the life, career, and legacy of legendary college football coach Nick Saban. The series explores Saban’s unprecedented career, including his 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, where he led the...
By Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman On Monday, January 12, the New Jersey legislature gave final passage to a bill that would significantly expand eligibility for family leave in the state. The bill now awaits signature from outgoing Governor Phil Murphy. Under current New Jersey law, employers with 30...
RPJ congratulates Christine Clarke on her appointment as Chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. As Chair, Clarke is charged with defending the rights of New Yorkers and enforcing New York City Human Rights Law, one of the most comprehensive series of civil rights laws in the...
By Ethan Krasnoo and Lucia Mead A class-action lawsuit filed on December 22, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York is challenging a ticket-pricing practice used by Playwrights Horizons, a prominent nonprofit theater company based in New York City. At its core, the case...
In a new Law360 piece, highlighting copyright cases to look out for in 2026, RPJ’s Daniel J. Ain commented on Whyte Monkee Productions LLC et al. v. Netflix Inc., a case initially filed in 2020. The case arises out of Netflix’s use of footage originally shot by Timothy Sepi in...
A recent article from Bloomberg Law discusses the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to allow companies to shift from quarterly to semiannual financial reporting, raising concerns and questions about the potential resulting impact on securities fraud and related investor lawsuits. While fewer company reports may reduce the frequency of stock...
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, an executive order (“EO” or the “Order”) intended to establish uniform, nationwide guidance on artificial intelligence (“AI”). The EO seeks to address the growing patchwork of state-level AI legislation across the United States. According to...
Renowned climber and RPJ client Alex Honnold is preparing for one of the most ambitious and unconventional feats of his career: a live, rope-free ascent of Taipei 101, the 1,667-foot skyscraper in Taiwan, to be broadcast globally on Netflix on January 23 as Skyscraper Live. Best known for his historic...
Nicole Page’s recent Realscreen article highlights how, amid unprecedented funding cuts, political pressures, and consolidation threatening the non-fiction film and television sector, new collective-action efforts are offering real pathways forward. She details how coordinated advocacy – exemplified by the successful coalition effort that RPJ helped lead to overturn unlawful NEH...
RPJ congratulates our client, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), on their first professional staged reading of the #SayHerName: The Lives that Should Have Been play, presented this past Monday at the Atlantic Theater Company in honor of #SayHerName’s 11th anniversary. Developed from interviews with members of the #SayHerName Mothers’...