RPJ congratulates our client Particle Productions, Inc. on the upcoming world premiere of its new documentary The Show's the Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock. Exploring a little-known chapter of rock history, this film tracks the promoters and agents who worked with such stars as The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, and...
RPJ congratulates client Alex Honnold on the success of the documentary about his work called Free Solo. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Free Solo follows Honnold's ascent of the Freerider route of El Capitan, a climb of 3,000 feet, without ropes or safety nets. Bret Stephens writes...
Last night, RPJ Associates Jill Kahn Marshall and Niki Bhargava continued their efforts as volunteers with Dress for Success. As an international not-for-profit organization, Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in...
As discussed in my prior article, “Exploring the Role of Defamation in the #MeToo Narrative,” defamation has played a central role throughout the development of the #MeToo movement to advantage both the accused and the accusers. For the accusers, claiming defamation by the harasser has, on occasion, served as a...
We are excited to celebrate the firm's client Watched Film, LLC, whose documentary, The Feeling of Being Watched, will have its hometown premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival. This feature-length documentary, directed by Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui and produced by Jessica Devaney, tells the story of Ms. Boundaoui's...
Following a period of public comment that recently ended, New York State has published helpful guidance and models to assist employers in New York State to comply with the new legal requirements in the state concerning sexual harassment prevention policies and trainings. Employers in New York State must provide annual...
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As the United States Senate voted today to end further debate and to advance, for a final vote, the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States amid accusations of sexual misconduct, we are struck by the irony of the date on which these...
This week, our client, documentary filmmaker Kate Webber, celebrates the worldwide release of her multi-award winning documentary Kim Swims. The film tells the inspiring story of Kim Chambers, an accomplished open water swimmer, as she became the first woman to swim 30 miles through a stretch of cold, rough and shark-inhabited...
On September 26, RPJ Partner Nicole Page moderated a panel entitled "After #MeToo" at the IDA's Getting Real '18 Conference. The panelists addressed the effect of the #MeToo movement and the resulting sweep of sexual harassment allegations on the documentary industry. They discussed the ways in which the industry is...