The Firm won a significant appellate victory on behalf of our client, Broadway Metro Associates, LP ("Broadway Metro"). A unanimous five-member panel of the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a breach of contract claim against Broadway Metro as seller under a contract for sale ("Contract")...
RPL client Driving Lessons, LLC announces today on indieWIRE that its upcoming film The Family Tree will be released in theatres on August 26th, 2011 in New York and Los Angeles. The film portrays an off-beat, contemporary American family and stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot, Brittany Robertson and...
Discovery Fit & Health has picked up Facing Trauma produced by RPL client Park Slope Productions for series. This series follows plastic surgeon Dr. Andrew Jacono as he helps victims of domestic abuse, violent crime and disfiguring accidents recover from their traumatic injuries.
Announced in a recent New York Post article, RPL client and producers of the upcoming film Crooked Arrows look to fill the remaining casting spots with lacrosse athletes from the tri-state area. Please return to our news page for more information as we get closer to the production and distribution...
Since winning the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, directed by Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion, has been making the rounds on the film festival circuit. For our friends in New York and DC who wish to see...
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the availability of a Smartphone application designed to help workers keep track of their work hours and the amount of wages they are owed. Compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch, this free application (which is available in English and Spanish) helps users...
We are proud to announce that RPL client Stanley A. Meyer's illustrations have recently been published in the book by James Swan titled 101 Things I Hate About Your House. Congratulations, Stan, on your beautiful work and this exciting accomplishment!
The United States Patent and Trademark Office invites comments about the extent to which the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board should become more directly involved in settlement discussions concerning inter partes proceedings such as trademark oppositions, cancellations and concurrent use cases. Written comments must be received on or before June...
RPL Partner Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis is teaching a seminar at Fordham University School of Law this semester titled Sexuality and the Law. With an emphasis on constitutional doctrines, including equal protection, due process/privacy, and freedom of speech and association, the seminar addresses how legal rights, protections, and deprivations based...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has announced final regulations to implement the ADA Amendments Act ("ADAAA"). As explained in the EEOC's press release, "[T]he regulations are designed to simplify the determination of who has a 'disability' and make it easier for people to establish that they are protected...