This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge I. Leo Glasser held that an alleged inconsistency between a guilty verdict on count one and the jury’s answers to special interrogatories on the verdict sheet did not require a new trial. Judge Jack B. Weinstein found that two legally distinct entities were “joint employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act, thus requiring employee work hours to be assessed cumulatively in determining overtime pay. And Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein found that the labeling on packages for Kellogg’s “Cheez-It Whole Grain” crackers was not misleading.
‘Inconsistent’ Verdicts
In United States v. Person, 15 CR 466 (EDNY, June 6, 2017), Judge Glasser denied defendant’s motion for a new trial where the general verdict of guilty on count one was allegedly inconsistent with the jury’s answer to special interrogatories on the verdict sheet.
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