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January 18, 2023 Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Congratulations to Milisuthando Bongela, Marion Isaacs, and Multitude Films on the Upcoming Premiere of Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival

Congratulations to our friends and clients Milisuthando Bongela, Marion Isaacs, and Multitude Films on the upcoming premiere of Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival! Director, Milisuthando Bongela, reflects on the “moment of first encounter” between previously segregated white and Black South Africans. She draws from her own experiences growing up...

January 12, 2023 Community & Civic Engagement, RPJ News & Publications

RPJ Attorney Christine Clarke Interviewed by The O+G Advocates Podcast

RPJ Senior Attorney Christine Clarke was interviewed about current and upcoming threats to abortion access in the most recent episode of The O+G Advocates, a podcast created by a team of expert OBGYNs that explores the science and politics of reproductive health care medicine. In the episode, Christine talks about...

January 11, 2023 Employment Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

FTC Proposes Nationwide Noncompete Ban

By Jill Kahn Marshall and Alice Jump On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was proposing a rule to ban noncompete clauses from all employee contracts throughout the country. These noncompetes, FTC Commissioner Lina Khan argued, “block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of...

January 11, 2023 Entertainment Law, RPJ News & Publications

Multitude Doc, It’s Only Life After All, to Premier Opening Night at Sundance Film Festival with Performance by Indigo Girls

Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Jessica Devaney and Multitude Films on the upcoming Sundance Film Festival opening night premier of It’s Only Life After All. The Multitude produced documentary shines a light on Emily Saliers and Amy Ray of the Grammy Award-winning folk rock duo Indigo Girls. Adding to the...

December 29, 2022 Community & Civic Engagement, RPJ News & Publications

Read Alliance Expanding its Literacy Program Within and Outside of New York

Read Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to tutoring striving readers in New York’s five boroughs, providing them with the building blocks to academic success through phonics instruction. Over the past year, Read Alliance has embarked on a notable geographical expansion and has recently formed an Expansion Committee to guide that...

December 27, 2022 RPJ News & Publications

RPJ’s New York: The Christmas Tree Law

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who served as New York City mayor from 1934 to 1945, is celebrated as one of the city’s most vibrant and colorful characters, and a champion of reform and progress in Depression Era New York. In 1938, however, he made a rare political misstep, which impacts...

December 22, 2022 Client News, Entertainment Law

RPJ Congratulates Fighter Steel Productions and Teressa Tunney on Spark Hunter Hitting #1 in the UK and Australia and #2 in the US on the Sci Fi Podcast Charts

Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Fighter Steel Productions and Teressa Tunney on their thriller podcast series, Spark Hunter, hitting #1 in the UK and Australia and #2 in the US, in the Science Fiction podcast category! Spark Hunter tells the story of the worlds most advanced AI, grappling with its...

December 15, 2022 Client News, Entertainment Law

Congratulations to RPJ Client Red Marble Media’s Podcast “Proof” for Helping Free Two Wrongfully Convicted Men

Red Marble Media’s investigative true crime podcast Proof uncovered new evidence that cast doubt on the sentence to life in prison handed to two men in Georgia. The podcasters interviewed the key witnesses that set the foundation of the case authorities had built against them when they were both only...

December 13, 2022 Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Legal News, RPJ News & Publications

The FTX Film Rights Bidding War: Considerations for Sellers and Buyers

Just over a month ago, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was running one of the world’s largest crypto-currency exchanges and hobnobbing at conferences with the likes of Bill Clinton. Celebrities and athletes, from Larry David to Tom Brady, appeared in FTX advertisements. The FTX name was everywhere, including on the Miami Heat’s...

December 5, 2022 Client News, Entertainment Law

RPJ Client Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s Book, “Fit Nation,” Reviewed in The New York Times

Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela recently had her latest book Fit Nation reviewed by The New York Times. In Fit Nation, Petrzela traces the evolution of the fitness craze in the United States from Jack La Lane to Peloton to everything in between. Fit Nation is expected to be released on...