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New York Law Journal

Kaufman Dolowich Voluck Representing Defendants in Class Action Suit Over Wages

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Adopts New Regulations Governing Tipped Workers, Service Charges and OT

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently issued a final rule updating regulations under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA). The changes took effect Aug. 5, and impact three wage-and-hour compliance areas: tipped workers, service charges and the calculation of overtime.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Man Sues Industrial Chemicals for Alleged Wage-and-Hour Violations

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

State Officials Agree to Pay More Than $163K in Seized COVID-19 Unemployment Funds to Incarcerated Workers

"We are excited that our clients will finally see the return of their funds," Carol Garvan, legal director at the ACLU of Maine and lead counsel in the case, said in a statement. "These unemployment benefits will help people who are returning home from prison gain a measure of stability, enabling them to care for their children, pay their medical bills, and be a full part of their communities."
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Former Pitcher-Turned-Litigator Garrett Broshuis Helps Minor Leaguers Land $185 Million Settlement Against MLB

"Here I was in my client's shoes," says Broshuis, a partner at Korein Tillery who played six seasons with minor league affiliates of the San Francisco Giants prior to law school. "I lived that life and I had been with those teammates that had lived eight guys in a three-bedroom apartment sleeping on air mattresses all the time."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Lawsuit Says Ollie's Bargain Outlet Misclassifies Store Managers to Avoid OT Pay

A class-action lawsuit against the national retailer that seeks overtime pay for store managers says their jobs are "indistinguishable" from non-exempted employees who are paid hourly plus overtime.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Out of Sync? US 5th Circuit Splits 50-50 in En Banc Review of Arbitration Issue, Dissent Says 'Manifest Error'

Judge Don Willett, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, delivered the original opinion, and it was his reasoning that the reading of the arbitration agreement had to comply with Texas law.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

David Sanford Talks Social Justice, Judicial Credibility and the Never-Ending Fight Against Discrimination

"We're at a crisis point in many ways in the country — in democracy and certainly with respect to the judiciary."
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Some Litigants Accept Payments, Killing Potential Class Action Against Goya

A U.S. District Court judge rejected a claim by plaintiffs counsel that the issue of whether the arbitration agreements are enforceable should be resolved after class certification. Case law makes clear that such questions can't be punted until later, the judge said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Walmart Employee's Disability Discrimination, FMLA Retaliation Claims Allowed to Proceed

A former Walmart employee's disability discrimination claims against the retailer may continue in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a federal judge has ruled.
4 minute read

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