As New York’s attorney general moves to dissolve the gun group, a former top executive is releasing a tell-all about how the N.R.A. is “rife with fraud and corruption.” Source: New York Times
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Ad Agency Sues Scott Rudin, Saying Producer Owes $6.3 Million
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2020
At issue: payment for media buying and marketing strategy for the Broadway revivals of “West Side Story” and “The Music Man.” Source: New York Times
New York Attorney General Sues N.R.A. and Seeks Its Closure
By Gotham Rex on August 6, 2020
Letitia James seeks to dissolve the National Rifle Association, which was founded in New York, amid corruption allegations. Source: New York Times
Uber and Lyft Drivers Win Ruling on Unemployment Benefits
By Gotham Rex on July 28, 2020
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction instructing New York State to begin payments promptly, citing an “inexcusable delay.” Source: New York Times
Judge Orders Cohen Released, Citing ‘Retaliation’ Over Tell-All Book
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2020
A judge agreed that federal officials had returned Michael D. Cohen to prison because he wanted to publish a book this fall about President Trump. Source: New York Times
Blame Spreads for Nursing Home Deaths Even as N.Y. Contains Virus
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2020
With more than 6,000 nursing home residents dying of the coronavirus, a fight over whether relatives should be allowed to sue has erupted in Albany. Source: New York Times
Michael Cohen Claims in Suit He Was Imprisoned to Stop Trump Book
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2020
President Trump’s former lawyer said in court papers that officials returned him to prison to prevent him from finishing a book that paints the president as a racist. Source: New York Times
Judge, Expressing Skepticism, Upends $25 Million Harvey Weinstein Settlement
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2020
The judge questioned whether the women involved in the proposed agreement constituted a legal class. He also said a proposal to pay out $12 million toward legal fees for the producer and his former company directors was “obnoxious.” Source: New…