On Sunday, March 24, RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis, who is an Executive Producer on the documentary Sea Change, presented the film to a packed audience at the 2019 Annapolis Film Festival. Thereafter, she participated on a panel, “Voices of Women in Film,” on changes in the film industry both behind and in front...
On Wednesday, March 27, RPJ Associate Niki Bhargava will help lead mock interviews for a speed networking event for New York Law School's Media, Entertainment & Fashion Law Association. MEFLA hosts the event in order to provide additional interview practice and guidance to NYLS students as they prepare for the...
This morning, RPJ Partner Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis joined fellow members of the Women's City Club of New York at Nasdaq to ring the opening bell in honor of WCC's rebranding as Women Creating Change and the launch of its five-step civic engagement program across the city. Founded in 1915, Women's...
The U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled that a copyright owner can only file a complaint for copyright infringement after the Copyright Office has registered the work at issue, putting an end to a split among the federal circuit appellate courts on that issue. As I previously reported, while the...
Recent developments in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Alfonso Ribeiro, known for playing Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, against video game maker Epic Games confirm the questions raised in my prior post as to whether Ribeiro could register a copyright in the Carlton dance and bring a...
On January 30, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel at the Realscreen Summit 2019 discussing new laws affecting production companies and examining legislative changes effective since #MeToo. “The More You Know: Avoiding Liability in the Production Workplace” covered new laws on sexual harassment, paid family leave, pay equity and worker misclassification for production companies who...
From February 28th to March 3rd, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood will host the 9th Annual Athena Film Festival, a yearly celebration of women’s leadership on view over an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries and short films highlighting the stories of powerful...
This is the latest in a series of non-legal articles on the city we work in and love. On February 1, 2019, the Madison Square Park Conservancy will sponsor the creation of an ice sculpture in the image of one of New York City’s most recognizable figures, who is now...
New year. New laws. New requirements. Mandatory training. For more than 20 years, our attorneys at Reavis Page Jump LLP have assisted employers and employees in mitigating risk and addressing allegations of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, a growing number of cities and...
At Reavis Page Jump LLP, we have assisted employers and employees in mitigating risk and addressing allegations of harassment and discrimination in the workplace for more than 20 years. We are pleased to announce the launch of our new online sexual harassment prevention, anti-discrimination and sensitivity training programs, which our...