24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Lawyers Market Big #MeToo Verdicts, but Their Clients Struggle to Collect
Elizabeth Taylor spent nearly a decade pursuing a sexual-harassment claim against her former boss at an online streaming company in Los Angeles. The long, grinding legal fight seemed worth it when a jury awarded her $8.4 million in late 2023.
Her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, was ebullient, splashing news of the verdict across her website, Instagram page and YouTube channel. She billed it as 'one of the biggest sexual harassment verdicts of the year.'