Reporters Committee: Time Inc and Settlement Documents

reporters committee: Their treatment led to years of litigation over Trump's labour practices, and in 1998, despite frequent claims that he never settles lawsuits, Trump quietly reached an agreement to end a class-action suit over the Bonwit Teller demolition in which he was a defendant, according to Toronto Star. For almost 20 years, the terms of that settlement have remained a secret. The workers were paid as little as 4 an hour for their dangerous labour, less than half the union wage, if they got paid at all. But last week, the settlement documents were unsealed by Loretta A. Preska, a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, in response to a 2016 motion filed by Time Inc. and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. In a 21-page finding, Preska wrote that the Trump Parties have failed to identify any interests that can overcome the common law and First Amendment presumptions of access to the four documents at issue. Preska found that the public's right to know of court proceedings in a class-action case was strengthened by the involvement of the now-president of the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.