Recognizing the need to provide clarity to the business community in light of voluminous litigation, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently agreed to hear appeals in the Fox and Hearst intern cases. Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., Case Number 13-2467, 11/26/13. The Court will examine the different
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More and More Interns Seeking Allegedly Unpaid Wages
By Noel P. Tripp on
Presumably buoyed by the district court ruling in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82079 (S.D.N.Y. June 11, 2013), a number of copy-cat lawsuits have been filed by former entertainment industry interns in recent weeks in the Southern District of New York’s Manhattan courthouse seeking unpaid wages. Salaam, et al. …
Intern Filings Seeking Alleged Unpaid Wages Continue
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Posted in Coverage, Minimum Wage
In the wake of the first substantive decisions issued as part of the growing trend of wage-and-hour claims being initiated by interns recently seeking alleged unpaid minimum wages and overtime, several more high profile filings have become public over the last few weeks, including most recently a claim against popular internet media conglomerate Gawker. Mark, …
Manhattan Judge Analyzes Appropriate Standard for Intern Determination, Denies Class Certification
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Posted in Coverage, Minimum Wage
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).
As important to wage/hour practitioners and employers as…
New York Judge Rejects Interns’ Novel Argument That Paying School Tuition Is An Indirect Wage Deduction
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Posted in Minimum Wage, New York State
In the latest chapter in the ongoing intern battles currently being waged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Harold Baer rejected plaintiffs’ novel assertion of unlawful wage deductions. Wang v. Hearst Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3768 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2013). The Wang litigation concerns the applicability…