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As the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit prepares to hear argument and ultimately rule in the consolidated appeal involving former interns for Hearst Publishing and Fox Searchlight seeking minimum wage under the FLSA, the Court received amicus submissions from several organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest employer association.

The Chamber’s…

In a significant victory for employers in the series of hotly contested cases regarding the status of interns, the Hearst Corporation successfully defeated class certification under the New York Labor Law. Xuedan Wang v. Hearst Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65869 (S.D.N.Y. May 8, 2013). 

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