“Both sides realized the appropriate thing to do was to settle with my client,” Haskell's attorney, Diana L. Fitzgerald of Miami, said. "We're very pleased with the settlement and believe justice is served."
“When you have that level of authority, there needs to be proper vetting in place, and there are some very very good people in law enforcement that wake up every morning where their sole goal is to protect you and me from the bad guys and when these types of things happen such as what happened to my client, that's a significant problem,” Attorney Diana Fitzgerald said.
“My client knew she was one of a small group of women who chose to speak up about one of the most powerful men in American media. Leslie Moonves' departure from CBS demonstrates the importance behind the power of the collective voices of these brave women. When one woman embraces her inner power, all women become empowered.” Diana Fitzgerald
Haskell declined to comment through her attorney, Diana L. Fitzgerald of Miami.
“She was expecting to further her career in the sports marketing industry,” Fitzgerald added. “She had no idea that her job duties were going to involve that kind of perverse protocol.”
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“Wendy Haskell made the decision to right a giant wrong,” her attorney, Diana Fitzgerald, told Reuters late Wednesday in a telephone interview from Miami. “She now joins a growing group of valiant women who have decided essentially enough is enough. “Right now we are experiencing a very powerful movement in our country as we are witnessing a first generation of women who are not going to take it anymore.”
"The appellate court ruled in favor of protecting public employees' First Amendment rights when reporting information and corruption as whistle-blowers," said Carollo's attorney, Diana Fitzgerald. "It wasn't about the money for Joe, it was about the principle."
"Basically it shows the significance of the First Amendment's role in protecting public of-ficials who act as whistleblowers," said Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald & Isaacson in Miami.
Fitzgerald told the Miami Herald the appeals court “provided a very important guideline for other public officials in the future.”
“A reasonable public official would have known at the time they terminated Carollo in retaliation for speaking as a citizen who was exposing corruption that such termination would violate his first amendment rights,” she said.
"It's been continuous pleading with them to try to figure out what’s going on." said Frazetta Jr.'s Miami attorney, Diana L. Fitzgerald. The suit was filed in Florida because Frazetta Jr.'s sisters live here.
Diana Fitzgerald, Frank Frazetta Jr.'s civil attorney, said the family is ready to work together.
"Everybody got their happy ending; the whole family did," she said, adding her client is "a valuable asset to his father's legacy. Now that everyone’s in agreement, we're really looking forward to the future. He's obviously excited to have Frank Sr. back in his life."
Surprising to many, Florida law provides some specific means for protecting artists’ rights and property. For instance, the Artist’s Consignment Act, Fla. Stat. §§ 686.501- 686.506, contains a handful of laws that directly address, and govern, the relationship between artists and art dealers.
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