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¦ From NEARLY on PAGE 17 also accused The Weinstein Co. of
the Attorney General could some-
how boast about a proposal that failing to investigate misconduct
fails on so many different levels,” complaints and take appropriate
they said in a statement. Restitution would be action to stop Weinstein.
available to ‘women who
“We are completely astounded Attorney Imran Ansari said in a
that the Attorney General is tak- experienced a hostile statement that Weinstein “remains
ing a victory lap for this unfair and work environment, sexual intently focused in defending
inequitable proposal,” the state- harassment, and gender- himself on all remaining legal
based discrimination while
working at The Weinstein matters.”
ment read. “He continues to pursue all le-
The agreement caps off more
than two years of litigation and Company, as well as gal recourse available to him and
investigation, which included an remains steadfast in the defense of
“exhaustive” review of company sexual abuse by Harvey those matters,” the statement said.
records and email, according to Weinstein.’
James’ office. This is a developing report. ¦

The state attorney general’s 2018 Ryan Tarinelli is a reporter at the New York Law
lawsuit accused Weinstein of creating a hostile work Journal. He is based at the New York State Capitol
environment by sexually harassing female workers.
That behavior involved berating the employees and in Albany, New York. He can be reached through
requiring them to work while he was naked or only email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twit-
partially clothed, according to James’ office. The suit ter: @ryantarinelli.

Women in Big Law Step Up
In Court Fight Over ERA

By Jacqueline Thomsen
Anumber of Big Law firms are stepping into tion, and five states rescinding their support also
a lawsuit seeking to force the Trump ad- doesn’t change the total number of state legislatures
ministration to implement the Equal Rights that at one point ratified the amendment.
Amendment, with teams of majority-female attor- U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled ear-
neys filing amicus briefs on behalf of groups and lier this month to let the five states that rescinded
others largely in support of formally entrenching their ratification—Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska,
equal rights in the Constitution. South Dakota and Tennessee— intervene in the
Democratic state attorneys general for Virginia, case to argue against the lawsuit. The states are rep-
Illinois and Nevada sued in the U.S. District Court resented by their respective attorneys general and
for the District of Columbia earlier this year to try boutique firm Consovoy McCarthy, which has also
and force the addition of the amendment, after Vir- represented President Donald Trump in court.
ginia legislators voted to become the 38th state to The Democratic lawsuit targets David Ferriero,
ratify it. The lawsuit argues a long-past congressio- the archivist of the United States, who has the au-
nal deadline to ratify the amendment is trumped by thority to formally publish the amendment in the
the lack of deadlines included in the U.S. Constitu- Constitution. A recent opinion from the Justice

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