GEISS v. WEINSTEIN CO. HOLDINGS LLC

17 Civ. 9554 (AKH).

383 F.Supp.3d 156 (2019)

Louisette GEISS et al., Plaintiffs. v. The WEINSTEIN COMPANY HOLDINGS LLC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Filed April 18, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 18 U.S.C. § 1962
Cause: 18 U.S.C. § 1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Nature of Suit: 470 Racketeer / Corrupt Organization
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Fegan , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, CA, Emily R. Brown , Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Maria Cristina Armenta , The Armenta Law Firm, San Diego, CA, Robert Bruce Carey , Hagens, Berman, Sobol, Shapiro, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Shelby Smith , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Jason Allen Zweig , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs Louisette Geiss, Katherine Kendall, Zoe Brock, Sara Ann Thomas, Melissa Sagemiller, Nannette Klatt.

Whitney K. Siehl , Elizabeth A. Fegan , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Jane Doe.

Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth A. Fegan , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiffs Nannette May, Melissa Thompson, Caitlin Dulany, Larissa Gomes.

Gerald Leonard Maatman, Jr. , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL, Karen Yasmine Bitar , Lorie Elizabeth Almon , Scott Roblan Rabe , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY, Lynn A. Kappelman , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC.

Laura R. Washington , Marvin S. Putnam , Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Miramax Film NY, LLC.

Mary E. Flynn , Aaron Michael Schue , Morrison Cohen, LLP, Brian Pete , Elior Daniel Shiloh , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York, NY, Phyllis Kupferstein , Kupferstein Manuel LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Harvey Weinstein.

Abigail Flynn Coster , Barry A. Bohrer , Gary Stein , Brian Theodore Kohn , Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Robert Weinstein.

Lawrence Steve Spiegel , Abigail Elizabeth Davis , Ashly Nikkole Davis , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Dirk Ziff.

Laura R. Washington , Joshua Garrett Hamilton , Marvin S. Putnam , Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Tim Sarnoff.

Brad Scott Karp , Roberto Finzi , Sara Francis Nichols , Daniel Martin Stone , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison L.L.P. New York, NY, for Defendant Marc Lasry.

Kathleen Ann Jorrie , Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, Jeffrey David Wexler , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew David Stockwell , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Tarak Ben Ammar.

Israel David , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Lance Maerov, Jeff Sackman.

John Christian Scalzo , Jonathan Peter Gordon , Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Richard Koenigsberg.

Daniel Seth Ruzumna , Alejandro Hari Cruz , James Vincent Masella, III , Melissa Rae Ginsberg , Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Paul Tudor Jones.

Brett Thomas Perala , John Jacob Rosenberg , Rosenberg & Giger, P.C., Lawrence Steve Spiegel , Abigail Elizabeth Davis , Ashly Nikkole Davis , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant James Dolan.

Evan R. Chesler , Joe Wesley Earnhardt , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants the Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Buena Vista International, Inc., Michael Eisner.

Douglas Eric Grover , Jeffrey M. Eilender , Richard Henry Dolan , Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, Jolene Frederique LaVigne-Albert , Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant David Glasser.

Paul W. Ryan , Silvia L. Serpe , Serpe Ryan LLC, New York, NY, for Defendant Mark Gill.

Allison Noel Angel , Helene Rachel Hechtkopf , Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Nancy Ashbrooke.

Robert Marc Barta , Daniel Y. Simkin , Rosoff, Sehiffres & Barta, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Barbara Schneeweiss.


ORDER AND OPINION DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This action by ten plaintiffs—Zoe Brock, Caitlin Dulany, Louisette Geiss, Larissa Gomes, Katherine Kendall, Nannette Klatt, Melissa Sagemiller, Sarah Ann Thomas, Melissa Thompson, and Jane Doe—individually...

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