In connection with a proposed new fee schedule that the Copyright Office will be announcing this spring, the Copyright Office is seeking comments on two issues. First, regarding the basic registration fee, should special consideration be extended to individual author-claimants who are applying to register a single work that is not a work...
BY: KATE THUMA In the works: RPL client Jillian Schlesinger is producing and directing a film about Dutch teenager Laura Dekker titled "Maidentrip." As described on www.maidentrip.com: "Laura Dekker was born on a boat, has sailed alone since she was six, and for as long as she can remember has...
RPL Attorney Nicole Page will be attending the Real Screen Summit on January 30th and January 31st.
The U.S. Department of Labor published a notice of proposed rulemaking today concerning the extension of minimum wage and overtime protections to almost two million caretakers who provide in-home care services to the infirm and elderly. Members of the public may comment on the notice of proposed rulemaking at www.regulations.gov...
Congratulations to RPL client Mad Monitor Productions and Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss, the directors and producers of "The Redemption of General Butt Naked," as the award nominations keep rolling in. This outstanding film, which won the prize for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, was...
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011, RPL Partner Nicole Page will be presenting at a workshop for producers hosted by Women Make Movies called Producing- Skill Building for Success. For more information and to register for this great event, please go to http://www.wmm.com/filmmakers/workshops_registration.shtml.
RPL Hosts Women's Forum Health Care Forum, “Will Health Care Reform Help or Hurt You?” Assembled panelists include Pamela Brier, President and CEO, Maimonides Medical Center; Pamela Gallin, MD FACSF, Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Joan Leiman, Chief of Staff to the President & CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospital;...
RPL Partner Nicole Page was honored to attend the 20th Anniversary Freedom Award on Saturday, November 12, 2011. The event is held annually by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, to honor those who have made vast contributions in civil and human rights, education, the arts, sports and...
RPL congratulates its client, singer-songwriter Jon O'Shaughnessy, whose gorgeous song "3:33" was featured last night on the soundtrack of MTV's new reality television show titled "Chelsea Settles." RPL attorney Deena R. Merlen is delighted to have assisted Mr. O'Shaughnessy with this matter.
The Firm is pleased to announce that "Seeking Refuge," a documentary film by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane Wagner of Naked Eye Productions, has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant. Nearly 400 proposals for documentary film support were submitted, from which only eight were selected for awards. "Seeking Refuge" follows the...