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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GetyOver the past 10 months, the New York Adult Survivors Act has allowed hundreds of accusers to file lawsuits against alleged sexual abusers even after the statute of limitations on their claims had run out. But the groundbreaking legislation is set to expire at midnight on Nov. 23—and lawyers are now scrambling to file as many complaints as possible before then.“I have cleared my schedule for the week of Thanksgiving and am on call for anyo
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Atty Slams Weinstein Victim Bid For Ch. 11 Fees As Front
Law360 (April 29, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT) The attorney for an alleged victim of convicted rapist and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein ripped another accuser s request for $1.2 million in compensation and fees from The Weinstein Company s bankruptcy estate, arguing Thursday the second woman s lawyers were using her as a front in an effort to recover from a failed class-action settlement.
Thomas P. Giuffra of Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP, representing Weinstein accuser Alexandra Canosa, argued that Louisette Geiss, another accuser and co-chair of the unsecured creditors committee in The Weinstein Company s Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was requesting compensation for services rendered to steer money to her attorneys.