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Springfield, Ohio, Sues Neo-Nazi Group, Saying It Intimidated Residents
Paul, Weiss, alongside the Anti-Defamation League and local counsel, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the City of Springfield, Ohio, seeking to hold the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe accountable for their months-long racist hate campaign against the city, its officials and its residents over the recent influx of Haitian immigrants.
Metropolitan AME Wins Trademark Rights to Proud Boys Name
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia awarded the Proud Boys’ trademarked name and symbols to Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group, writes The New York Times.
Victims of Charlottesville Rally Eligible for Higher Punitive Damages Against Leaders of “Unite the Right” Rally, Fourth Circuit Rules
As reported by the Washington Post, the AP, and other publications, Paul, Weiss and co-counsel Hecker Fink and Cooley LLP won an appeal in the Fourth Circuit on July 1, 2024. The court overturned a lower court decision capping punitive damages at $350,000 total for victims of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in Civil Rights Action Against White Supremacist Group
Paul, Weiss achieved a major victory in a civil rights action brought on behalf of two residents of the Battery Park neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, against members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, when the court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, allowing the case to move into discovery.
Paul, Weiss Urges Law Schools to Denounce Antisemitism on Campus
Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad Karp and former Sullivan & Cromwell Chairman Joe Shenker spearheaded a letter signed by 24 leading law firms to 14 top law schools urging them to crack down on discrimination and harassment amid an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students on campuses across the country.
Paul, Weiss Recognized by The American Lawyer for Metropolitan AME Pro Bono Victory
A Paul, Weiss team led by litigation partners Dan Kramer, Andrew Ehrlich and Erin Morgan, among others, was recognized in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” column for winning over $1 million in damages on behalf of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Proud Boys Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million for Racially Motivated Attack on Historically Black Church
The D.C. Superior Court held that the Proud Boys and several of its leaders must pay more than $1 million for a racially motivated attack on the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in December 2020.
Paul, Weiss Supports #StandUpToJewishHate
Today, and every day, Paul, Weiss stands against antisemitism. The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism has launched #StandUpToJewishHate to raise awareness of antisemitism and hate targeting Jews and to empower all people to stand up against it when it impacts our communities.