On September 5, 2017, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice issued a decision of signal importance in the field of employee privacy. The Chamber condemned without sufficient justification an employer’s monitoring of an employee’s communications, leaving European employers with only vague guidance as to when such monitoring may be...
A buyer of a business is often concerned about whether the buyer will be faced with liability for legal claims arising from past operations of the business. Under state law this “successor liability” is often minimized by structuring the sale of the business as a sale of assets alone, coupled...
RPL is proud to congratulate our Associate Ethan Krasnoo on his recent appointment to the New York City Bar Association's Entertainment Law Committee for a three-year term beginning this month, September 2017. The Committee focuses on matters of interest to entertainment law practitioners in all aspects of the entertainment industry, including television, independent...
The 20th session of the Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations® will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York from August 9-12, 2017. The Youth Assembly brings together exceptional youth delegates between the ages of 16 and 26 from approximately 85 countries to engage in an...
SEARCH is featured in FOUND, a new show that follows a group of experts across the nation to investigate the origins of old objects and relics. The show airs Monday nights on History. SEARCH is the nation's largest archaeology and underwater archaeology company. It is involved nationally and internationally in emergency...
Last week, The Muse, an online career resource, published an article by Stacey Lastoe on employee rights and severance in the wake of job loss that quoted RPL Partners Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis and Alice K. Jump. Ms. Lastoe asked Ms. Reavis and Ms. Jump about the general rights of employees...
On Tuesday, July 18, RPL Managing Partner Helen D. "Heidi" Reavis will be a featured speaker at the annual International Wildlife Crimestoppers Conference, addressing the subject of law enforcement coverage in the media and animal protection efforts through the media. Fellow speakers include representatives of law enforcement, animal protection and...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen was among the invited speakers at the Girls With Impact luncheon and press conference held on Monday, June 26, at the Stamford Innovation Center. Girls With Impact is an intensive program, designed with Harvard Business School experts, that aims to support and equip teenage girls with business...
Following up on legal issues recently raised surrounding ABC's Bachelor in Paradise, last week CNNMoney published an article discussing the talent agreement used by producers of the show. CNNMoney reached out to RPL Partner Nicole Page to opine on certain provisions in the Bachelor in Paradise contract and provide insights on the rights signed...
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, RPL Partner and head of the firm's entertainment group, Nicole Page, spoke on a panel at Realscreen West 2017, an annual conference for the unscripted, non-fiction entertainment industry. The panel, "Trendwatch: All Access Unscripted," focused on recent television series that take audiences behind the scenes of exciting lives,...