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In the Courts
In the News
Merrill Discrimination Suit Moves Forward After Failed Settlement Talks
Balestriere PLLC Files Class Action Complaint Against NASD
On Wall Street, a Question of Bias
Davis v. Kraft Foods Memorandum & Order
Galeno v. Blockbuster, Inc.
Denial of motion to remand a class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive forced sale scheme -- to state court is vacated as the district court made no findings and offered no explanation as to how it calculated the amount in controversy here to be more than $5 million, the jurisdictional amount. [Sign in required.] Read the full story.
Order Granting Class Certification
Judge: SunTrust can't make workers drop suit
A federal judge has told SunTrust Banks Inc. that it cannot force workers it plans to lay off next month to drop a pending wage-and-hours suit against the bank in exchange for their severance pay. The bank's attempt to condition its severance packages on laid-off workers' agreements to drop their suits is discriminatory under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story of the Northern District of Georgia. Read the full story.
$1 Million Settlement Proposed in ABRA Class Action Employment Suit
The plaintiffs in a class-action suit against ABRA Auto Body and Glass have proposed a total settlement of $1 million. The suit, filed last summer by two former ABRA employees, alleges that the company required customer service managers (CSMs) and customer service representatives (CSRs) to work overtime without pay and that it did so by misclassifying them as "managerial," which exempted them from overtime pay. Read the full story.
Tacoma-based trucking company sued for overtime
A Tacoma-based long-haul trucking company failed to pay its drivers legally required overtime wages when they drove more than 40 hours a week, a suit filed in Pierce County Superior Court claims. The suit, filed by former driver Larry Westberry, claims Interstate Distributor should have paid its drivers 11/2 times their normal per-mile rate when they drove more than 40 hours a week. Read the full story.
Class-action EEO rulings could be binding on agencies
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's administrative judges would have more power to settle class-action complaints under a regulation now in the works. Federal agencies now are allowed to either accept, reject or modify judges' findings in class-action complaints, but a regulation being crafted by the EEOC would require agencies to follow judges' conclusions. Read the full story.
Featured Firms
The Getman Law Office helps employees get all the wages they are owed by law. We handle overtime, minimum wage, commission, contract and other wage issues. We do not represent employers. Ever. We represent employees working throughout the U.S. We regularly sue multinational and Fortune 500 companies. We handle class actions, collective actions and individual cases. We have recovered millions of dollars of pay wrongfully withheld from employees. Visit our website at www.getmanlaw.com/.
Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and fairness, and being an individual or a small entity in a world of "big business" doesn't change that. The attorneys at Halunen & Associates work hard day in and day out to protect the rights of the little guy, the underdog, the workers and consumers of our country who are entitled to fair treatment under the law. You have rights! And we're here to help make sure justice is done. Visit our website at www.halunenlaw.com/index.php.
Public employees and other workers throughout Washington State have a valuable ally in the Seattle class action law firm of Bendich, Stobaugh and Strong, P.C. Attorneys and law firm founder Judith E. Bendich, David F. Stobaugh, and Stephen K. Strong have brought successful claims and class action lawsuits on behalf of "temporary" employees, community college instructors, State employees, university faculty, King County employees, Microsoft employees, immigrant workers, and people who received erroneous parking tickets. Visit our website at www.bs-s.com/.
Case Websites
Sun Trust Overtime Pay Litigation
This overtime pay case is brought on behalf of current and former Client Technical Support employees who were paid on a salary basis without receiving time and one half premium pay by defendant for work hours over forty in a work week, and who worked in positions that defendant reclassified as "non-exempt."
http://www.bs-s.com/PracticeAreas/Trucker-Overtime-Pay-Cases.asp
If you are a long-haul trucker employed by a Interstate Distributor or any other Washington-based trucking company, and your employer is not paying you overtime, contact Bendich Stobaugh & Strong for a free evaluation of your potential claim.
Fourth Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report
The fourth Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report by national law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP analyzes the leading class action and collective action decisions of 2007 involving claims against employers. The class action rulings stem from high-stakes lawsuits filed in federal courts under Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and in state courts under a host of other laws applicable to workplace issues.
Cy Pres Awards
Kosen v. American Express Financial Advisors (Miller-O'Brien, LLP; Sprenger & Lang, PLLC)
In this gender discrimination class action suit, female financial advisors alleged that male advisors received preferential treatment in assignments and promotions. After distribution of the settlement fund, the unclaimed amount of $191,000 was distributed to three charities, including Workplace Fairness, to further employment opportunities for women and to protect their rights in the workplace.
FLSA Overtime Case (Nichols, Kastor & Anderson)
In an FLSA overtime collective action which settled for $6 million, a separate $25,000 contingent fund was created to settle cases not part of the collective action. The terms of the contingent fund settlement allowed the leftover funds to be granted to a 501(c)(3) organization of the plaintiff counsel's choosing. As a result, $20,000 was donated to Workplace Fairness at the conclusion of the case, as directed by Nichols, Kaster and Anderson.
