For many years, litigants in New York have been required to have most of the documents being submitted to court notarized, particularly when filing affidavits. All of this will change beginning January 1, 2024, when a new bill takes effect which will permit people in civil cases in New York...
RPJ’s Ethan Krasnoo recently weighed in on the Robert De Niro Employment Discrimination Lawsuit currently unfolding in court. This Monday, in the midst of the court’s proceedings, a potentially incriminating text message sent by De Niro’s daughter to De Niro’s former assistant, the plaintiff in the ongoing gender discrimination trial...
This past Friday, RPJ Attorneys Nicole Page and Daniel Ain presented a panel at the Fall 2023 DOC NYC festival on “Documentary Ethics and the Law”. The panel, which was sponsored by RPJ and Hulu, featured clients Jess Devaney, Nicholas Bruckman, Viridiana Lieberman, and Beth Aala who provided key insight...
This past Wednesday night, November 8, RPJ Attorneys Alice Jump, Deena Merlen, Ethan Krasnoo and Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis weighed in on “Questions You Don’t Want to Ask Out Loud—Employment Law,” the inaugural Panel sponsored by Equity in Lighting. The Panel provided RPJ the opportunity to answer anonymous employment and...
On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its Final Rule addressing the “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, slated to take effect on December 26, 2023, significantly expands the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered...
Every year, “Best Lawyers,” a peer reviewed legal publication, selects who they deem to be the best lawyers and the best law firms in the United States on the basis of carefully selected criteria. Of course, we know that all of our lawyers are the “best lawyers,” and we are...
The Realscreen Awards recognize productions and their teams for outstanding content in non-fiction and unscripted media from around the world. Nominees for this award are selected by a panel of industry professionals from eighteen different countries. In the “Reality” category, Jonathan Retseck and Chris Sharma of RXR Sports were nominated...
According to a report from the National Employment Law Project, wage theft in New York accounts for almost $1 billion in lost wages owed to New Yorkers every year. In an effort to curb this, New York enacted the Wage Theft Accountability Act (“WTAA”) on September 6, 2023, which took...
As of this past Saturday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (SAG-AFTRA) strike has officially eclipsed the 100-day mark, making this strike the longest in SAG-AFTRA’s history. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are now back at the table after the...
Multitude Films recently had three projects shortlisted for the 39th International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards. The nominated films include: “How to Carry Water,” Directed by Sasha Wortzel and Produced by Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, and Anya Rouse “The Script,” Directed by Brit Fryer and Noah Schamus and Produced by Colleen...