We are delighted to announce that, as of January 1, 2026, Daniel Jason Ain and Gregory P. Feit have been elevated to Partners of the Firm. We congratulate Greg and Dan on this well-deserved achievement and recognize their outstanding contributions, leadership, and dedication to our clients and the Firm. Daniel...
RPJ client Words + Pictures has partnered with ESPN on Saban, a six-part documentary series currently in production chronicling the life, career, and legacy of legendary college football coach Nick Saban. The series explores Saban’s unprecedented career, including his 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, where he led the...
In a new Law360 piece, highlighting copyright cases to look out for in 2026, RPJ’s Daniel J. Ain commented on Whyte Monkee Productions LLC et al. v. Netflix Inc., a case initially filed in 2020. The case arises out of Netflix’s use of footage originally shot by Timothy Sepi in...
RPJ congratulates our client, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), on their first professional staged reading of the #SayHerName: The Lives that Should Have Been play, presented this past Monday at the Atlantic Theater Company in honor of #SayHerName’s 11th anniversary. Developed from interviews with members of the #SayHerName Mothers’...
By Ariana Zhao and Daniel Jason Ain Golf legend Jack W. Nicklaus recently secured a decisive legal victory against the company that bears his name, Nicklaus Companies, LLC (the “Company”). The jury’s verdict marked the latest chapter in an unfortunately long-running legal saga over the control, branding, and reputation of...
RPJ is proud to sponsor DOC NYC, the nation’s largest documentary film festival, celebrating the art of nonfiction storytelling from November 12-21, 2025. As part of the DOC NYC PRO Fall Conference, RPJ’s Nicole Page and Daniel Ain will host a panel on Tuesday, November 18 from 11:30 a.m. to...
RPJ is delighted to share that colleagues Jill Kahn Marshall, Daniel Ain, and Hannah Brefeld have all been named to the Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list, a distinction that not only honors individual achievement but gestures toward the shifting architecture of legal excellence itself. The Lawdragon 500...
RPJ congratulates our client Engel Entertainment on the exciting launch of The Game Warden Channel, a groundbreaking digital platform focused on outdoor conservation and debuting with the premiere segment, GWC: On Patrol–New Hampshire. Known for its pioneering and gritty reality series including North Woods Law, Lone Star Law, Alaska PD,...
In a recent article for Business Insider, RPJ’s Daniel Ain discusses the groundbreaking House v. NCAA $2.8 billion settlement and significant legal questions it may raise, particularly around gender equity and Title IX compliance. The settlement, which marks a historic shift in college athletics, allows schools for the first time...
by Daniel Jason Ain In a landmark legal action, Disney and Universal have jointly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against generative A.I. image platform Midjourney. This marks the first time that major Hollywood studios have sued A.I. startups for copyright infringement....