GEISS v. WEINSTEIN CO. HOLDINGS LLC

17 Cv. 9554 (AKH).

474 F.Supp.3d 628 (2020)

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

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

Signed July 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Lynn A. Ellenberger , Fegan Scott LLC, Pittburgh, PA, 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, Sara Ann Thomas.

Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan Shub , Shub Law Firm LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Aarthi Manohar , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Lynn A. Ellenberger , Fegan Scott LLC, Pittburgh, PA, 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 Katherine Kendall, Melissa Sagemiller.

Daniel D. Williams , John Clune , Hutchinson, Black & Cook, LLC, Boulder, CO, Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan Shub , Shub Law Firm LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Aarthi Manohar , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Lynn A. Ellenberger , Fegan Scott LLC, Pittburgh, PA, 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 Plaintiff Zoe Brock.

Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan Shub , Shub Law Firm LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Aarthi Manohar , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, 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 Plaintiff Nannette Klatt.

Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Jane Doe.

Jonathan Shub , Shub Law Firm LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Aarthi Manohar , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Lynn A. Ellenberger , Fegan Scott LLC, Pittburgh, PA, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs Nannette May, Caitlin Dulany, Larissa Gomes.

Lynn A. Ellenberger , Fegan Scott LLC, Pittburgh, PA, Whitney K. Siehl , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Elizabeth A. Fegan , Pro Hac Vice, Fegan Scott LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Melissa Thompson.

Paul Howard Zumbro , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Karen Yasmine Bitar , Lorie Elizabeth Almon , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY, Gerald Leonard Maatman, Jr. , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL, 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.

Imran H. Ansari , Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC, Brian Pete , Elior Daniel Shiloh , Simi Bhutani , 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 , 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 Ruzuinna , 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 & Perala P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant James Dolan.

Evan R. Chesler , Wes 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. Ellender , Jolene Frederique LaVigne-Albert , Richard Henry Dolan , Schlam Stone & Dolan 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, Schiffres & Barta, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Barbara Schneeweiss.


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