On Wednesday, plaintiffs lawyers at Virginia & Ambinder and Leeds Brown Law unveiled the latest in a steady trickle of settlements resolving employment class actions brought by unpaid interns. According to a motion filed in Manhattan federal court seeking approval for the deal, Viacom Inc. agreed to pay $7.2 million to wrap up a case that former interns filed against the company in 2013.
The settlement—which comes as an appeals court mulls whether former interns can bring such cases in the first place—looks at first glance like the largest since unpaid interns began suing their former companies for back wages roughly three years ago. But the fine print seems to tell another story.
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