A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday rejected the PR agency’s argument that nonemployer third parties cannot be held liable if they provide substantial assistance to an employer’s retaliatory conduct.
MANHATTAN (CN) — The Agency Group — a crisis public-relations firm accused by actress Blake Lively of carrying out a retaliatory smear campaign against her after she accused director Justin Baldoni of on-set sexual harassment — failed to persuade a New York federal judge to throw out Lively’s claims against the company, which are now scheduled to go to trial in just three weeks.
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