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Louisette Geiss, et al. v. The Weinstein Company Holdings, LLC, Harvey Weinstein, et al.
Date: 12-13-2019
Case Number: 1:17-cv-09554-AKH
Judge: Alvin K. Hellerstein
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Elizabeth A. Fegan, Robert Bruce Carey, Shelby Smith, Steve W. Berman, Whitney K. Siehl, Jason Allen Zweig
Defendant's Attorney: Gerald Leonard Maatman, Jr., Karen Yasmine Bitar, Lorie Elizabeth Almon, Lynn A. Kappelman, Scott Roblan Rabe for The Weinstein Company Holdings, LLC
Laura R. Washington and Marvin S. Putnam for Miramax Film Corp.
Mary E. Flynn, Phyllis Kupferstein, Aaron Michael Schue, Brian Pete, Elior Daniel Shiloh, Sumi Bhutani for Harvey Weinstein
Abigail Flynn Coster, Barbara A. Bohrer, Brain Theodore Kohn, Gary Stein for Robert Weinstein
Lawrence Steve Spiegel, Abigail Elizabeth Davis and Ashly Nikkole Davis for Dirk Ziff
Joshua Garrett Hamilton, Laura R. Washington and Marvin S. Putnam for Tim Sarnoff
Brad Scott Karp, Robert Finzi, Sara Francis Nicols and Daniel Martin Stone for Marc Lasry
Kathleen Ann Jorrie, Jeffrey Davis Wexler and Matthew David Stockwell for Tarak Ben Ammar
Israel David for Lance Maerov and Jeff Sackman
John Christina Scalzo and Jonathan Peter Gordon for Richard Koenigsberg
Daniel Seth Ruzumna, Alejandro Hari Cruz, James Vincent Masella, III and Melissa Rae Ginsberg for Paul Tudor Jones
Brett Thomas Perla, Johns Rosenberg and Brett Thomas Perala for James Dolan
Evan R. Chesler and Joe Wesley Earnhardt for The Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Buena Vista International, Inc., Michael Eisner, Irwin Reiter
Douglas Eric Grover, Jolene Frederique Lavigne-Albert, Richard Henry Dolan and Jeffrey M. Eilender for David Glasser
Paul W. Ryan and Silvia L. Serpe for Mark Gill
Allison Noel Angel and Helene Rachel Hechtkopf for Nancy Ashbrooke
Robert Marc Barta and Daniel Y. Simkin for Barbara Schneeweiss
The Plaintiffs described all types of inappropriate behavior by Weinstein over a long period of time.
The Weinstein company filed for bankruptcy after the lawsuit was filed.
About This Case
What was the outcome of Louisette Geiss, et al. v. The Weinstein Company Holdings...?
The outcome was: Settled for $25 million.
Which court heard Louisette Geiss, et al. v. The Weinstein Company Holdings...?
This case was heard in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York County), ny. The presiding judge was Alvin K. Hellerstein.
Who were the attorneys in Louisette Geiss, et al. v. The Weinstein Company Holdings...?
Plaintiff's attorney: Elizabeth A. Fegan, Robert Bruce Carey, Shelby Smith, Steve W. Berman, Whitney K. Siehl, Jason Allen Zweig. Defendant's attorney: Gerald Leonard Maatman, Jr., Karen Yasmine Bitar, Lorie Elizabeth Almon, Lynn A. Kappelman, Scott Roblan Rabe for The Weinstein Company Holdings, LLC Laura R. Washington and Marvin S. Putnam for Miramax Film Corp. Mary E. Flynn, Phyllis Kupferstein, Aaron Michael Schue, Brian Pete, Elior Daniel Shiloh, Sumi Bhutani for Harvey Weinstein Abigail Flynn Coster, Barbara A. Bohrer, Brain Theodore Kohn, Gary Stein for Robert Weinstein Lawrence Steve Spiegel, Abigail Elizabeth Davis and Ashly Nikkole Davis for Dirk Ziff Joshua Garrett Hamilton, Laura R. Washington and Marvin S. Putnam for Tim Sarnoff Brad Scott Karp, Robert Finzi, Sara Francis Nicols and Daniel Martin Stone for Marc Lasry Kathleen Ann Jorrie, Jeffrey Davis Wexler and Matthew David Stockwell for Tarak Ben Ammar Israel David for Lance Maerov and Jeff Sackman John Christina Scalzo and Jonathan Peter Gordon for Richard Koenigsberg Daniel Seth Ruzumna, Alejandro Hari Cruz, James Vincent Masella, III and Melissa Rae Ginsberg for Paul Tudor Jones Brett Thomas Perla, Johns Rosenberg and Brett Thomas Perala for James Dolan Evan R. Chesler and Joe Wesley Earnhardt for The Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Buena Vista International, Inc., Michael Eisner, Irwin Reiter Douglas Eric Grover, Jolene Frederique Lavigne-Albert, Richard Henry Dolan and Jeffrey M. Eilender for David Glasser Paul W. Ryan and Silvia L. Serpe for Mark Gill Allison Noel Angel and Helene Rachel Hechtkopf for Nancy Ashbrooke Robert Marc Barta and Daniel Y. Simkin for Barbara Schneeweiss.
When was Louisette Geiss, et al. v. The Weinstein Company Holdings... decided?
This case was decided on December 13, 2019.