By John Beranbaum and Isabelle Kern In terms of women’s rights, 2022 certainly will be remembered as the year the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S.Ct. 2228 (2022), overturned the nearly 50-year old precedent, Roe v. Wade (1973), guaranteeing a woman’s constitutional right to...
On January 23, 2023, in Syeed v. Bloomberg L.P., the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed a discrete but interesting issue concerning application of the New York City Human Rights Law and the New York State Human Rights Law (together, the “HRLs”).[1] The HRLs prohibit, among...
A bearish economic outlook has launched a wave of mass layoffs throughout the technology, financial services, and media industries. To name a few, Twitter, Google, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Disney —the giants of corporate America — are shedding employees at an alarming rate. While the reasoning behind such large-scale reductions...
As a follow up to the recent post on the January 21st premiere of Multitude Films’ documentary Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival, last week, The Hollywood Reporter published a glowing review of the film. Reexamining her own experience growing up in apartheid South Africa, director Milisuthando Bongela reflects on...
In New York State, employers are required to adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy, which includes a complaint form, and to provide the policy to each employee. To aid employers in fulfilling this obligation, a few years ago the state published a model sexual harassment prevention policy that employers may...
Notarizations are intended to prevent fraud by providing assurances that a document is authentic, and that signatures on the document are genuine. New York licenses individuals with specific qualifications to become notaries and notarize documents in New York. Recently, New York expanded its legal authority for notaries to, as of...
AIR will be coming to theatres April 5th! The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon film is about RPJ friend and client, Sonny Vaccaro and his tenacious efforts to sign NBA superstar Michael Jordan to a first of its kind deal with Nike. AIR tells the story of how Sonny, played...
New York recently passed a new statute that gives more rights to the heirs of entertainers and other famous people. The “right of publicity” refers to an individual’s right to control the commercial use of their name, image and likeness. Before the new statute was passed, upon their death, these...
Congratulations to Jessica Devaney, Founder and President of Multitude Films, on their win on Sunday, January 22 of the 2023 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award. The Award honors a producer with films at the Sundance Film Festival for their body of work and commitment to creative producing...
Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Engel Entertainment on the promotion of several in-house talent, Ben Shank, Jen Egan, Kara Smith, and Julia Jenkins. Ben Shank has been appointed Chief Content Officer and will oversee all development and programming. The Showrunner and Executive Producer of Engel’s long-running series Lone Star Law and North...