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March 16, 2007 |

Age Bias Suits on the Rise With Older Employees Working Longer

Baby boomers have triggered a new wave of age bias lawsuits, creating a host of legal challenges for employers that may not even be aware that discrimination is going on in the workplace. Employment attorneys say the surge in age bias lawsuits is mainly due to the fact that a large part of the work force is getting older, staying healthier and choosing to work longer. Recent court decisions have given plaintiffs more legal ammunition, and employers -- including some law firms -- are landing in court.
7 minute read
September 18, 2009 |

Amici Request En Banc Review of Standards on Fee-Splitting

Recent 2nd Circuit decisions establish a "virtually insurmountable" standard for determining fees for out-of-district counsel that will "rob some civil rights plaintiffs of the only representation they can find," insists a broad coalition of 30 public interest organizations and private law firms. An amicus brief filed Thursday on behalf of the group by the Brennan Center for Justice and Paul Weiss asks the circuit for en banc consideration of the standard.
4 minute read
May 24, 2013 |

Hiring Summer Interns? Make Sure You Do it Right

School's out for summer, and there's a rush of young students and recent graduates looking for internships. But businesses that don't compensate interns for the work they perform can end up paying a big price down the road.
4 minute read
July 13, 2007 |

Court Certifies Class in Grocery Employees' Action Seeking Overtime

A lawsuit by employees of A&P, the Food Emporium and Waldbaum's alleging that the supermarket chains failed to pay them overtime wages can proceed as a class action, a New York state judge has held. Current and former New York workers allege they were forced to work "off-the-clock" without compensation by the three chains, which are all owned by the same parent company. Justice Herman Cahn disagreed with a defense claim that the case was merely rehashing claims previously brought in a federal case.
4 minute read
May 24, 2013 |

Hiring Summer Interns? Make Sure You Do it Right

School's out for summer, and there's a rush of young students and recent graduates looking for internships. But businesses that don't compensate interns for the work they perform can end up paying a big price down the road.
4 minute read
May 29, 2007 |

Underpaid Workers Are Filing Lawsuits in Increasing Numbers

In recent years, low-paid workers around the country have filed a growing number of lawsuits seeking back wages from bosses they say failed to pay the minimum wage or overtime. The complaints cover a wide range of industries, but most share a common trait: They involve immigrants who have become bolder about going to court to demand their proper pay, regardless of their legal status. And the increase might not be due to more violations, but to more attorneys specializing in wage and overtime disputes.
6 minute read
September 11, 2006 |

Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight for Fraud, Age Bias

Ex-partner John K. Weir is suing the 1,300-lawyer firm Holland & Knight in Manhattan federal court, claiming he was fired because of his age and because he raised questions about the "disappearance" of $5 million the firm was awarded in 1999 for a class action representation. Among the 11 counts in Weir's suit: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil claims under RICO based on the alleged $5 million misappropriation -- and age discrimination.
7 minute read
May 29, 2013 |

Businesses Should Use Caution With Unpaid Internships

School's out for summer, and there's a rush of young students and recent graduates looking for internships. But businesses that don't compensate interns for the work they perform can end up paying a big price down the road.
4 minute read
February 28, 2008 |

Ruling Strengthens Position Of Workers in Overtime Suits

Employee-rights attorneys have found some new ammunition in pursuing overtime lawsuits: a recent Second Circuit ruling that says employers must pay for overtime even if they did not approve it. Last month, the court held that a nursing staffing agency had sufficient knowledge that its nurses were working occasional unauthorized overtime shifts to give rise to a duty to prevent overtime if it wished to do so.
5 minute read
March 23, 2007 |

Age Bias Suits on the Rise With Older Employees Working Longer

Baby boomers not shy about asserting their rights have triggered a new wave of age bias lawsuits, creating a host of legal challenges for employers that may not even be aware that discrimination is going on in the workplace.
7 minute read

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