the work she performed, Ms. Bloom's involvement in the Weinstein scandal is, at the very least, peculiar and worthy of note. With regard to Black Rock, I urge @NYSBA amd @AGSchneiderman to: (1) determine whether the actions of Mr. Boies (and Boies, Schiller & Flexner) or (14/n)
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executed by Boies, Schiller & Flexner in October 2016). As for oversight of the work done by Black Rock for Weinstein, the
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about his accusers, and preventing their stories from becoming public. The 15-Nov-2017
@nytimes article states that Weinstein's lawyer David Boies (of Boies, Schiller & Flexner) signed a contract in July 2017 in this regard (and the original contract was apparently {3/n}Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and an Israeli investigative firm named 'Black Rock'. Although the Israeli firm was apparently unlicensed in New York state, Weinstein apparently hired Black Rock (via his lawyers) for purposes that seem to include gathering information (2/n)
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But of course they did.... That Weinstein is the most dangerous man in the world! He better go to the slammer.
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Men with white privilege who don't acknowledge this privilege will never value the wellbeing of anyone. That's just a fact.
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No, sorry, people seem to want to yell at male movie stars and producers. They don't want to intervene for the workers.
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People with power and money think they can do anything. NOT!!!!!!
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private investigative firms (such as Black Rock) to obtain a license. (cc:
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of any of Weinstein's other lawyers violated ethics norms or violated law; and (2) press for enforcement of the New York state law (or laws) that requires (15/n)
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by
@HuffPost; see (1) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/business/lisa-bloom-weinstein-attorney.html … and (2) https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lisa-bloom-weinstein-board-email_us_59dbe642e4b00377980b2afe?utm_hp_ref=sexual-abuse …). Thus, regardless of the nature of (13/n)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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accusers in high-profile harassment cases, many would likely be surprised that she agreed to work for Weinstein at all (as well as by the content of pertinent emails viewed by
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a related 5-Dec-2017
@nytimes article accessible here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/us/harvey-weinstein-complicity.html …). Regardless, given Ms. Bloom's reputation for representing (11/n)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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supervision of Black Rock's 'investigative' work? Unfortunately, the
@nytimes's 15-Nov-2017 article does not provide any further information in this regard (nor does {10/n}Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Ms. Bloom was somehow involved (albeit as a monitor) with the questionable work Black Rock did for Weinstein. Why would Boies make such a claim? Does Boies have any evidence to back up his contention? Or is Boies simply attempting to shift blame for any lack of proper (9/n)
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also reveals that Ms. Bloom has denied that she monitored Black Rock while she worked for Weinstein, and that Bloom was "surprised by Mr. Boies's claims" in this regard. Nonetheless, it is rather peculiar that Boies, a prominent and well-known attorney, would contend that (8/n)
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for Mr. Weinstein, including Lisa Bloom[…]". Thus, it appears that Mr. Boies is claiming that Lisa Bloom (who formerly represented Weinstein) was monitoring the apparently seedy 'investigative' work that the Israeli firm did for Weinstin. However, the
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to pursue litigation. Lawyers are[...]required to closely monitor private investigators to make sure they do not break the law or engage in inappropriate deceptive behavior.[...]Mr. Boies said that [i.e., such monitoring] was being done by other lawyers working [6/n]
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generally responsible for monitoring their actions". Furthermore, elsewhere, the article states: "In general, law firms are not supposed to work with unlicensed private investigators if they intend to use any information gleaned from the investigation in court filings and [5/n]
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