We are proud to share that RPJ Partner, Nicole Page, has been named to Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2026: Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Attorneys. This annual recognition highlights the industry’s most influential legal advisors, honoring those shaping the evolving entertainment landscape. Nicole has represented world-renowned rock climber Alex Honnold for more...
Variety’s recent article on the overturned sexual assault conviction of Harvey Weinstein explores the responses (and lack thereof) to this case by various individuals and groups involved in the early stages of the #MeToo movement. While some celebrities and early #MeToo motivated groups have been criticized for their lack of...
RPJ’s Nicole Page, an early and active advocate in the #MeToo Movement, was recently interviewed about the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 convictions for rape and criminal sexual behavior. Weinstein’s New York conviction was overturned by the New York State of Appeals due to the trial court's allowance of testimony...
On June 30, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced that they had reached a settlement of nearly $19 million with Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, and company board members and executives, hailing it as a major victory on behalf of victims of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct. However, just...
Amidst the spread of consequential news this week, one item that was particularly consequential was the sentencing of Harvey Weinstein. On Wednesday, Judge James Burke issued a 23-year prison sentence for Weinstein’s conviction on two felony sex-crime charges. The disgraced movie mogul was convicted of rape in the third degree...
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published an article discussing the Weinstein conviction and quoting RPJ Partner Heidi Reavis as an expert in the legal field of sexual harassment and assault cases. The article specifically addressed what impact the particular convicted and acquitted charges could have on sex-crimes cases moving forward....
The verdict for the sex crimes trial against Harvey Weinstein was announced this afternoon, finding the film mogul guilty of two counts of felony sex crimes, including rape and criminal sexual act. The jury acquitted Weinstein of the three other charges brought against him in the trial, two of which...
On Tuesday of this week, the jury in the trial for the sex-crimes case against Harvey Weinstein started their deliberations with several questions, which continued on Wednesday for their second day. They requested read-backs of all of the testimony from key accuser Mimi Haleyi as well as the testimony of...
Recently, defamation claims have taken center stage as a legal mechanism for victims of sexual harassment to seek some justice for situations where they are otherwise prevented from bringing direct legal claims of sexual harassment. Alleged harassers who claim to be falsely accused have also recently used defamation as a...