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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.
AABANY Releases Second Report on Increased Anti-Asian Violence at Paul, Weiss-Hosted Press Conference
Paul, Weiss hosted a press conference with the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) to release the findings of AABANY’s second report on increased anti-Asian violence in New York City, updating its groundbreaking initial report in February 2021.
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.
Paul, Weiss Secures Arrest Warrant Against Neo-Nazi in “Troll Storm” Pro Bono Case
As reported on ABC News and other media, Paul, Weiss obtained an arrest warrant from a federal district judge in Missoula, Montana against Andrew Anglin, founder and operator of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.
Paul, Weiss Hosts Press Conference With Family of Asian Hate Crime Victim, New York Elected Officials, to Address Asian American Violence in New York
Paul, Weiss hosted a press conference to address the violence that led to the death of GuiYing Ma, a 62-year-old Queens resident who succumbed to her injuries on February 22 after an unprovoked attack while she was sweeping the sidewalk the day after Thanksgiving.
White Supremacists Are Using an Old Playbook but So Are the Lawyers Fighting Them
In an op-ed published in The Washington Post, Paul, Weiss litigation partner Karen Dunn and Kaplan Hecker & Fink founding partner Roberta Kaplan discuss the recent renaissance of lawsuits brought under Section 1985 of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which regulates private conduct when private individuals or organizations, such as the KKK, engage in a conspiracy to interfere with the government, obstruct justice or deprive people of their civil rights.