RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen and her co-chairs of the Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Fairfield County Bar Association are sponsoring a luncheon program next month on intellectual property due diligence do's and don'ts. "Deals and Transactions: Buyer Beware? Or Buyer Aware!" will be presented on...
Due to inclement weather, this event has been cancelled. News of the rescheduled date will be posted as soon as possible. On Wednesday, March 15th, RPL Partner Nicole Page will lead a workshop on defamation and the first amendment. Hosted by Women Make Movies, this workshop will look at how recent high-profile defamation cases could have...
On Saturday, February 11th, RPL Associate Allison ("Ally") M. Grein led a workshop entitled "Contract Landmines: How to Navigate and Negotiate the Legal Side of Filmmaking" as part of the 7th Annual Athena Film Festival at Barnard College. Ms. Grein helped participants understand the legal landscape of the business, including when to engage counsel and how to...
On Saturday, February 11th, RPL Partner and principal entertainment attorney Nicole Page will lead a workshop with Associate Allison ("Ally") M. Grein entitled "Contract Landmines: How to Navigate and Negotiate the Legal Side of Filmmaking" as part of the 7th Annual Athena Film Festival at Barnard College. Ms. Page will help participants understand the legal landscape...
RPL Partner Deena R. Merlen was privileged to speak at the Opening Session of the Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations on February 1, 2017. The event brought together exceptional youth delegates from 85 countries with ambassadors and other UN high officials, intra-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other partners...
In Stacey Lastoe's article, published on Friday, January 20, 2017 on The Muse, she confronts the question, "Can I get fired for talking politics at work?" Lastoe turned to RPL Managing Partner Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis and Partner Deena R. Merlen for answers. "What happens if I do discuss politics at the office?...
From February 9th to 12th, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood will host their 7th Annual Athena Film Festival, a yearly celebration of women's leadership on view in an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries, and short films that highlight powerful and courageous women in real life and in...
Every year we host an Ask for More Holiday Lunch for women executives focusing on women in leadership roles and how to continue paving the way to gender equity. This year, while covering the myriad ways in which discrimination manifests itself in the workplace, we highlighted the federal and state...
Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP Partner Mark H. Moore shares key need-to-knows about the federal anti-hacking statutes as they pertain to employment disputes-- how companies use the statutes, what they imply for monitoring employee communications, and how they may change with the recent passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). The...
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP hosted its second annual Ask for More Holiday Lunch, led by Partner Nicole Page. The Ask for More events focus on women in leadership roles and paving the way to gender equity. This year, Ms. Page spoke about the myriad ways in which discrimination manifests itself in the...