Marianna Wharry

New York City filed suit against Asher & Associates and its two principals Monday, claiming they used false accident narratives and subsequent litigation to pursue compensation from the city.

Attorney of the Year finalist Ben Diessel, a partner at Wiggin and Dana, said his firm's biggest wins came from people, mentorship and the work done outside the spotlight.

Cat Scott joined the firm's expanding Boston office in late September and brings experience in workplace counseling, litigation and labor-relations.

"The federal enforcement landscape has been evolving at a rapid pace over the past couple of years, and I expect that will continue," Crafts told Law.com. "Clients want to understand how changes in enforcement priorities may affect their operations and what steps they can take to proactively assess risk."

The jury, composed of seven women and six men, unanimously awarded David Sabatini $6 million in damages, plus prejudgment interest, after determining Kristin Knouse had defamed him and interfered with his career.

The chatbot rule would require businesses to provide timely and reasonable customer service in addition to offering customers access to a human representative if that service falls short.

The lawsuit centers on whether the firm should have obtained final judgments and submitted applications to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (VSSTF) before a February 2020 deadline.

The lawsuit centers on whether the firm should have obtained final judgments and submitted applications to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (VSSTF) before a February 2020 deadline.

The attorney was handcuffed and placed in a holding cell with leg restraints at the Fall Rivers District Court for more than five hours before the judge withdrew the contempt finding and ordered his release, the complaint said.

“Either all of these women are in the wrong line of work because they should be actresses, or they were telling the truth that they were raped and drugged,” U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni said. “And I credit the latter.”