Peter, Rubin & Simon, LLP was formed with a specific goal in mind—to build a diverse practice that offers experienced and reliable legal and business counseling to clients in the entertainment industry.
The lawyers of PR&S have expertise in all facets of television and film development and production, artist representation, finance, business organization, new media, copyright and trademark, guild and union issues, executive employment and related fields. PR&S is a trusted name in the entertainment and legal communities, focusing on the specific needs and goals of its clients. PR&S offers the personal attention of a boutique firm, but with the vast knowledge that comes with larger entities.
The firm has a distinctive and diverse roster of clients. Its institutional clients include BBC Worldwide (ABC's Dancing with the Stars), Titmouse Animation (MTV's Metalocalypse), Liquid Theory (MTV's Death Valley), PB&J Television (Oxygen's Bachelorette Party and Logo's Bad Sex), Visual Effects Society, Participant Media and the Institute for Creative Technology of the University of Southern California. Individual clients include Nick Wauters (creator of NBC's The Event) and showrunners, Jeff Melvoin (Lifetime's Army Wives), Clay Newbill (ABC's Shark Tank) and Sara Rea (Lifetime's Project Runway).
The success of the PR&S model speaks for itself—clients expect the best and PR&S consistently delivers winning results.
Barbara Rubin client Sunta Izzicupo is attached as an executive producer on Vega v. Vega, a legal drama sold by Eva Longoria's production company to The CW network. Warner Bros. Televison will produce.
NBC has ordered a pilot for Isabel, a comedy series based on the French-Canadian series Le Monde de Charlotte, originally produced by Jody Simon client Sphere Media.
E! Network has ordered a new docu-series Scouted featuring Barbara Rubin client Stars the Agency.
Jody Simon moderated a panel on October 22, 2011 entitled "Back to the Basics: Complex TV Rights Deals" at the USC Gould School of Law – Beverly Hills Bar Association Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. Barbara Rubin is on the Institute's Planning Committee.
On April 10, Jody Simon participated in a panel at the inaugural Reality Rocks fan convention at the LA Convention Center. The title of the panel was "Brand Your Expertise."
On March 10, Barbara Rubin participated on a panel put on by the Association of Talent Agents and Writers Guild of America, West, Inc (WGAw). The panel was titled "Negotiating Your Writer-Client's TV Deal," and covered pilot TV series deal issues, deal memos, separated rights, Rule 8 waivers and money breaks. Other experts who offered advice included Robert Broder of ICM, and Lisa Anderson, Laurie Espinosa, and Michelle Estrella, of WGAw.
The eighth annual Indian Film Festival kicked off Tuesday at the ArcLight theater in Hollywood. Five countries and 33 films will be featured at the Festival, which runs from April 20th through the 25th.
An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of "The Hurt Locker," claiming the Oscar-nominated film's lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of "financial participation" in the film.
“Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien used his best material for his statement that said he wouldn’t play ball with NBC’s plan for him to make room for Jay Leno to come back to late night.