At the upcoming 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, three of RPJ’s clients will premiere documentary feature films as part of the Festival’s Spotlight Documentary, Viewpoints and Documentary Competition selections. Tickets are available for purchase here. Naked Gardens, directed by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan and produced by Tabs Breese, follows the...
Did you know that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade? Apparently many are upset because, in the words of Chief Justice Roberts, this leak is an “egregious breach of trust” and a “betrayal of the confidences of the court” which seems to be eclipsing the bigger...
On May 5, Variety featured Milisuthando Bongela's self-titled documentary on Black middle-class women in post-apartheid South Africa, as part of the 2022 Hot Docs Forum. The film, for which RPJ provides production legal services, is produced by Marion Isaacs for The Good Black Project, in co-production with Sonia Barrera and...
In the wake of the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion, RPJ’s Christine Clarke will discuss next Thursday, May 19 what the decision will mean for New Yorkers and what we can do to protect women’s rights to bodily autonomy and access to safe reproductive care. Prior to joining RPJ,...
RPJ extends warm congratulations to all the extraordinary women named in Variety's 2022 New York Women's Impact Report. Each year, Variety highlights women who made an impact within the media landscape, with special consideration of the "Up Next" class looking to level up. The women saluted in this report include CEOs,...
Years in the making, the U.S. Copyright Office has released a new strategic plan – Fostering Creativity and Enriching Culture (the “Plan”) – to be implemented over 2022-2026. Its overarching purpose is to make the copyright system more accessible, understandable, and up to date, as well as more useful to...
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, the Read Alliance will hold its “Celebrating the Extraordinary” Annual Gala at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The gala will be hosted by Emmy Award winning meteorologist Audrey Puente and will include cocktails, dinner, music, and auctions. Read Alliance will be honoring Michael Lubowitz...
It took 37 years, but the New York Legislature amended the New York State Whistleblower Law, Labor Law 740, effective January 26, 2022. A flawed law that once offered little protection from retaliation for employees complaining about unlawful and unsafe conduct[1] is now one of the most robust in the...
Talking about the Metaverse is like having a discussion about what “the internet” is in the 1970s or what “the cloud” is in the early 2000s. So what exactly is the Metaverse and what is all the hype about? Simply put, the Metaverse is a new iteration of the internet...
The FCC won’t let me be or let me be me so let me see…they wouldn’t let Will use profanity, but it felt so empty on live TV. Watching TV with people who make TV (or at least know how the sausage is made, in my case) is either a...