We are thrilled to welcome Daniel Jason Ain as the newest member of our Media and Entertainment and Employment Departments! Dan counsels production companies, independent producers, and talent on a broad range of projects across all stages of development and production. He brings to our firm years of experience representing...
RPJ partner Nicole Page will be featured in Women Make Movies’ (WMM) upcoming webinar series The Business of Film Production. The series is designed to guide both first feature and seasoned independent filmmakers as they navigate legal, accounting and business issues that may arise. Ms. Page, who is also Board...
On October 5, 2017, five years ago today, The New York Times published a bombshell expose revealing decades of sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, launching the #MeToo movement. See Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades - The New York Times (nytimes.com). In...
RPJ extends warm congratulations to our clients Taylor Borenstein and Millie Blumka, the talented co-founders behind Stakt, for their upcoming Shark Tank episode! Stakt is an innovative fitness mat that has a unique foldable design, turning it into a step stool, yoga block and more. The episode will air on...
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have come together for the second time this year in an effort to increase transparency for incidents of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. On September 15, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee, acting on a bipartisan basis, unanimously voted to advance the Speak Out Act...
As the fall semester gets under way, Law360 published an article by Amanda Ottaway on the discrimination issues that U.S. colleges and universities should watch out for in the months to come, quoting RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis. Legal experts opined on how schools of higher education nation-wide should...
I was on my way down to New Orleans for Realscreen Summit 2020 when the woman in front of me announced to the plane that Kobe Bryant was dead. By the time we landed, the rumor was confirmed and the breaking news splashed across every smartphone in sight. In this...
This week's TikTok features RPJ Partner Nicole Page as she discusses a situation that may be all too familiar: a hostile work environment. Commonly used as a phrase referring to an unpleasant workplace, a hostile work environment is actually a legal term that is far more complex than most people...
RPJ is proud to announce a new outreach initiative via the launch of Partner Ethan Krasnoo's TikTok presence. Intended to shed some light on common employment and entertainment and media issues, Ethan will feature short, educational videos that aim to inform the general audience of important legal issues. The first...
Pray Away produced by Multitude Films has been nominated for an Emmy Award under the category Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. The film explores the “ex-gay movement” and how former leaders of Exodus International, once the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, have since come out as LGBTQ. The documentary sheds...