Years in the making, the U.S. Copyright Office has released a new strategic plan – Fostering Creativity and Enriching Culture (the “Plan”) – to be implemented over 2022-2026. Its overarching purpose is to make the copyright system more accessible, understandable, and up to date, as well as more useful to...
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, the Read Alliance will hold its “Celebrating the Extraordinary” Annual Gala at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The gala will be hosted by Emmy Award winning meteorologist Audrey Puente and will include cocktails, dinner, music, and auctions. Read Alliance will be honoring Michael Lubowitz...
It took 37 years, but the New York Legislature amended the New York State Whistleblower Law, Labor Law 740, effective January 26, 2022. A flawed law that once offered little protection from retaliation for employees complaining about unlawful and unsafe conduct[1] is now one of the most robust in the...
This is the question raised by a recent lawsuit filed in the Northern District of New York by religious anti-abortion organizations against New York State. In the case, Compasscare et al. v. Cuomo et al., 19-cv-01409, the organizational plaintiffs argued that their First Amendment rights were violated by a New...
Talking about the Metaverse is like having a discussion about what “the internet” is in the 1970s or what “the cloud” is in the early 2000s. So what exactly is the Metaverse and what is all the hype about? Simply put, the Metaverse is a new iteration of the internet...
The FCC won’t let me be or let me be me so let me see…they wouldn’t let Will use profanity, but it felt so empty on live TV. Watching TV with people who make TV (or at least know how the sausage is made, in my case) is either a...
RPJ Client Minnow Films Ltd. is debuting Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King tomorrow, March 30th, on Netflix. The crime documentary follows the story of investors-turned-sleuths as they attempt to uncover the mystery behind the suspicious death of multimillionaire Gerry Cotten, and the missing $250 million they...
On March 26, 2022, RPJ Partner Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis delivered a speech at the naming ceremony of 'Frances Perkins Place' in Hell's Kitchen, named after the progressive labor advocate. Known as the architect of the New Deal, Frances Perkins was not only U.S. Secretary of Labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
A pre-pandemic survey by the Economic Policy Institute in 2019 concluded that approximately one-half of all workplaces in the United States require at least some employees to enter into a non-compete agreement.[1] A lot has changed since, and a lot fewer people will be “on the beach” in times to...
Women and Hollywood has named Pray Away, directed by Kristine Stolakis and produced by Multitude Films, one of 2021’s best women-centric documentaries. The film explores the “ex-gay movement” and how former leaders of Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, have since come out as LGBTQ. Taking...