Updated: Hadid v. NYRev Inc et al

Update 08/26: Filler has responded to Hadid's lawsuit with a "letter of regret." Details here.

Reuters reports that Hadid "claimed Filler falsely implied she was indifferent to the alleged difficult working conditions of migrant workers on high-profile construction projects in the Middle East, including her own," as part of his June 5 review of Rowan Moore's Why We Build: Power and Desire in Architecture, a book Hadid contended she was not a large part of. The lawsuit, Hadid v. NYRev Inc et al, was filed with the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Although Filler's comments about Hadid's indifference are buried behind NYRev's paywall, per Reuters: "Hadid pointed to a passage where Filler said she 'unashamedly disavowed any responsibility, let alone concern' for an 'estimated one thousand laborers who have perished' while building the Al Wakrah stadium she designed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar." These lines from Filler's review reference Hadid's statements to the Guardian in reply to reports earlier this year that more than 500 Indian migrant workers have died in Qatar since January 2012: "I have nothing to do with the workers. I think that's an issue the government – if there's a problem – should pick up. ... It's not my duty as an architect to look at it." Hadid said Filler took her statements out of context, and that construction had not started on the stadium and no deaths had occurred at the job site.

According to Reuters, Hadid is seeking damages, a halt to the review's continued publication, and a retraction.