Harvey Weinstein has hired attorney Patricia Glaser to wage a legal fight with the Weinstein Co. board.Weinstein was fired for cause on Sunday, three days after the New York Times' bombshell report on decades of sexual harassment allegations against him. The board concluded that Weinstein had violated the company's code of ethics, allegedly by trying to intimidate employees into not cooperating with an independent investigation. Weinstein denies that allegation.Weinstein, who signed a three-year contract in 2015, has alleged that the...
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, LLP
Patricia
Glaser
Partner / Chair, Litigation
Glaser has earned a reputation as a go-to attorney for both plaintiffs and defendants in wrongful termination cases, which have become increasingly prevalent in the #MeToo era. In early 2020, she won a reported $20 million wrongful termination arbitration judgment for former NBCU exec Josh Goldstine, whose firing the company linked to harassment. Earlier in her career, she made headlines for securing a $50 million settlement for Keith Olbermann in his lawsuit against Current TV and locking a $32.5 million payout for Conan O’Brien in his high-profile departure from “The Tonight Show.” She was back on the case for O’Brien in 2020, defending the late-night host, his prodco and TBS in a copyright infringement suit concerning comedic material that aired in 2015.