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Fashion CEO Says Plaintiff "Devised" Sham Arbitration
Fashion CEO Says Plaintiff "Devised" Sham Arbitration
Fashion mogul Dov Charney has denied responsibility for a "sham" arbitration of a sexual harassment lawsuit, saying it was the idea of a plaintiff's attorney who admitted his client had no case.
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Dov Charney, the sequel
Overlawyered — ... department” about American Apparel founder Dov Charney’s efforts to explain away jaw-droppingly colorful facts in the latest of the multiple sexual harassment complaints he has faced. The sequel is worthy of what has gone before: it appears that Charney faked an agreement to send the case to arbitration to conceal a deal in which he agreed to settle the claim for $1.3 million. The deal later fell apart and the case is headed back for (presumably genuine) litigation. (On Point News, ...

False light no problem for Jews for Jesus
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® — ... did keep the “standard” defamation claim in the case, once against Jews for Jesus beat the rap. NB :  Note the list of amici curiae : Media General Operations, Inc., The New York Times Company, Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, Sun-Sentinel Company, the Florida Press Association, ABC, Inc., ESPN, Inc., the E.W. Scripps Company, the Association of American Publishers, and Cox Enterprises, Inc. (collectively the Florida Media Organizations) Wonder what side they argued?  Via On Point . *Our former litigation adversary, as is known to regulars here, whose law firm in that ...

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