NEW YORK — A court of appeals ruled that two employees of Cellular Sales, a company selling Verizon Wireless service plans and merchandise, are not required to arbitrate their Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims against their employer. The employees’ claims arose during a period in which the company said they were independent contractors. For […]
NEW YORK — Lions Gate Entertainment has settled a FLSA class action suit brought by a former unpaid intern for “The Wendy Williams Show” produced by the company. The settlement amounted to $1.3 million and covers the claims of unpaid interns going back three years in New York and California. The 100 members of the […]
NEW YORK — Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, a large law firm based in New York, requested a federal court to rule on whether the firm would be considered an employer of a temporary attorney. The temporary attorney had sued the law firm along with his legal staffing firm Tower Legal Staffing Inc. […]
NEW YORK — A group of interns who worked for Sirius XM Radio Inc. settled a wage suit with the company for $1.3 million. The initial named plaintiff, Melissa Tierney, was a former intern on the Howard Stern Show in 2011 and sought compensation for herself and others who worked as unpaid interns. She brought […]
NEW YORK — The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a temporary attorney engaged in document review work at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in North Carolina may move forward with his class action overtime claim against the law firm. The firm argued that the plaintiff and other contract attorneys were exempt […]
NEW YORK — An employee at an upscale New York restaurant Le Perigord filed a suit against the company for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York labor laws. According to the lawsuit, the company failed to pay the plaintiff, who served as a hostess, coat checker, and maitre d’ […]