MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - New York Supreme Court Wednesday ruled to withdraw claims filed by a U.S. lawyer against popular Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty, while leaving in place claims against other paper, Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Julian Lowenfeld agreed to settle out of court with Argumenty i Fakty and to drop all claims against the newspaper in a long-running case over alleged non-payment.
Lowenfeld first took legal action against the papers in 1999 after they allegedly failed to pay him $434,000 in fees for winning a case against North American Russian-language weekly Kurier, which they accused of copyright violations.
A district court then ruled in Lowenfeld's favor, but the decision was never enforced. Lowenfeld then filed a suit with a higher court.
However, injunctions in place against Komsomolskaya Pravda remain in force following Wednesday's ruling.
