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Samantha Bee came out swinging in her latest episode of TBS’s Full Frontal, blasting one-time show guest Eric Schneiderman. The New York State Attorney General resigned this week in wake of damaging allegations of physical abuse published by New Yorker magazine. Bee found that “especially infuriating” given that…

New York’s Solicitor General Barbara Underwood has been appointed the state’s acting Attorney General, less than 24 hours after a New Yorker exposé detailing physical abuse accusations by four women against AG Eric Schneiderman led to his resignation. Schneiderman said Monday night that the allegations, which he…

Ronan Farrow, co-author of New Yorker’s explosive post on abuse allegations against New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, took to morning TV to slap back at Schneiderman’s response. Schneiderman resigned as New York State Attorney General Monday night, about three hours after the magazine published its…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has taken legal action against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, is defending himself against his own #MeToo allegations. Four women who claimed they had romantic relationships or encounters with Schneiderman have told the New Yorker magazine in a piece published…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released an open letter to the participants in The Weinstein Company bankruptcy proceeding, calling on everyone involved to use the sale process to protect survivors of past misconduct. "Our requests of each of the stakeholders are straightforward," Schneiderman wrote in the…

UPDATED with statement from Sharp Entertainment, 2:57 PM: New York’s Attorney General said today that the state has settled with Sharp Entertainment over the reality producer’s failure to pay overtime to dozens of workers. Eric Schneiderman said the company behind Man v. Food, 90 Day Fiancé and many other shows agreed…

UPDATED with board statement: The board of directors at The Weinstein Company — Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov and Bob Weinstein — are now confirming the deal to sell the company’s assets to the investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet and Ron Burkle. So is New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. First is…

We’re finally getting some reaction, if not explanation, about the abrupt announcement last night that the board of directors of The Weinstein Company is moving the beleaguered company towards a bankruptcy filing because the cash flow derived from the sale of Paddington 2 rights to Warner Bros has run out. The board…

BREAKING: The board of directors of the beleaguered The Weinstein Company has just sent a statement announcing they’ve fired COO David Glasser for cause. The board declined to  elaborate on this simple statement: “The Board of The Weinstein Company has unanimously voted to terminate David Glasser for cause.” The…

UPDATED at 4 pm to include a statement from Charter Communications. A New York Supreme Court judge has rejected efforts to use the FCC’s new Internet rules as the basis to throw out a consumer fraud case brought against Charter Communications and Spectrum. New York  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accused Charter…

Harvey Weinstein’s attorney Ben Brafman has just responded to today’s news that NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, and Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Here is his statement: “We believe that a fair investigation by Mr. Schneiderman will demonstrate that many…

"I'm pleased to announce that both FanDuel and DraftKings will stop taking bets in New York State, consistent with New York State law and the cease-and-desist orders my office issued at the outset of this matter,” a somewhat triumphant New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said today. “As I’ve said from the…