GSA Helps Secure Decision that Protects Thousands of Haitian TPS Recipients from Deportation
GSA partner Raymond Audain – with co-counsel BCLP, Ira Kurzban, Kevin Gregg, and Sejal Zota at Just Futures Law – helped secure a decision that protects hundreds of thousands of Haitian TPS recipients from imminent deportation. The Honorable Brian M. Cogan in the Eastern District of New York found that the Trump administration’s attempt to prematurely terminate Haiti’s TPS is unlawful. The ruling is an important victory for TPS recipients and their families, and an important victory for the rule of law. The case is Haitian Evangelical Clergy Ass’n v. Trump, 1:25-cv-1464 (E.D.N.Y.).
Articles on the case are widely available online, including in the following publications:
GSA Obtains $6.2M in Retaliation Case
On June 4, 2025, GSA and Walden Macht Haran & Williams prevailed at trial on plaintiff Denise Rubin’s behalf in a retaliation case she brought in 2015 against her former employer, Paul Napoli. The jury found in favor of Ms. Rubin not only on her retaliation claim, but also her quantum meruit claim, and awarded her compensatory and punitive damages in the amounts of $330,000 and $5.8 million, respectively. The case is Denise A. Rubin v. Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, et al. (Index No. 154060/2015). Read the press coverage of the verdict here and here.
GSA Files Motion to Dismiss on Behalf of Former Dechert Employee
Partner Amy E. Robinson represents Kathleen Fay, who formerly worked for Dechert LLP. On May 15, 2025, Ms. Fay filed a motion to dismiss Dechert LLP’s complaint against her, arguing that Dechert has potentially violated federal and state laws in its exercise of “self-help” to recover purported wage overpayments. Ms. Fay’s motion argues that by reversing contributions to Ms. Fay’s 401(k) account without her knowledge or consent, Dechert behaved unlawfully and unethically, thus defeating any claims asserted by it and warranting complete dismissal of the action. GSA is co-counsel with Orin Kurtz. The case is Dechert LLP v. Kathleen Fay, Index No. 150935/2025 (New York County Supreme Court). You can read more about the case in the New York Law Journal, and you can read the memorandum of law filed in support of Ms. Fay’s motion here.