In Law360
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V&A files action against Donna Karan International Inc. on behalf of unpaid interns

Donna Karan International Inc., the popular designer of women's fashion, was hit with a putative class action in New York state court on Wednesday for allegedly classifying regular employees as interns and trainees to avoid paying them.
In Law360
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V&A files action against Bad Boy Entertainment Inc. on behalf of unpaid interns

"Sean "Diddy" Combs' record label, Bad Boy Entertainment Inc., stiffed interns by not paying them any wages and assigning them to gift-wrap presents and run personal errands for paid employees, according to a putative class action filed Tuesday in New York federal court."
In Law360
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V&A files action against Columbia Recordings Corp. on behalf of unpaid interns

"Columbia Recordings Corp. on Tuesday became the latest company to be hit with a putative wage-and-hour class action over unpaid internships when a former intern filed suit, claiming the music giant misclassified its interns to avoid paying them wages under New York state labor laws. "
In Law360
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V&A’s suit against Warner Music Group on behalf of unpaid interns puts music industry on notice

"A former unpaid intern at Warner Music Group Corp.'s Atlantic Records unit slapped the company with a putative wage-and-hour class action on Monday, which his lawyer says is the first case over an internship program to target the music industry."

V&A represented a President of a Division of a publically traded corporation who believed that he had been constructively terminated through a reduction of duties.

Under his employment agreement, he was therefore entitled to six months’ pay and a brief non-compete agreement. However, his former employer argued that he had voluntarily resigned and was therefore entitled to no payment and was bound by a one year non-compete agreement. The arbitrator ruled completely in favor of V&A’s client, granting him six months’ pay and the shorter non-compete agreement.
In Law360
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V&A wins $8 million settlement for exotic dancers misclassified as independent contractors

"Exotic dancers who scored an $8 million settlement in their wage-and-hour class action against the Penthouse Executive Club in Manhattan can notify class members through an adult-oriented website and magazine, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday."
In Patch
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V&A’s co-counsel speaks to Patch about action against Glen Cove Mansion on behalf of service workers denied tips

"A former waiter for the filed a class action lawsuit in Nassau County State Supreme Court on Thursday accusing the upscale establishment of withholding gratuity wages from its catering staff, according to the plaintiff’s lawyers."

Current and former Holiday Inn employees file a class action lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the hotel, next to Chateau Briand Caters on Old Country Road in Westbury, didn’t pay overtime to any of its employees who worked more than 40 hours a week over the last the last six years in violation of state and federal labor law. “It’s unfortunate in today’s economic times that employees not only are forced to work long hours, but must find it necessary to file suit to receive the wages for the hours that they worked,” said Lloyd Ambinder of Virginia & Ambinder.

"Mavis Kemper, a native of Jamaica now living in Cambria Heights, Queens, is a woman with a strong work ethic. A housekeeper at the Holiday Inn in Westbury, Long Island, from June 2005 until January 2012, Kemper, 43, worked tirelessly, often working six days per week from about 6:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. for $9 to $11 per hour, cleaning the hotel's 152 rooms, but she was never paid overtime. Reluctantly, she complained, but nothing was done."
In Polska Gazeta
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Lloyd Ambinder is asked to return as a contributor to the Polska Gazeta to continue his popular series of articles on employment law.

The Polska Gazeta is distributed in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and has a readership of approximately 13,000 people.
In Lion Cub Job Search
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Virginia & Ambinder, LLP is one of four organizations being honored at the annual New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) gala for its “pro-bono services to NICE and many sister organizations to ensure that immigrant workers get paid their fair wages.”

"In New York, we always hear the term at-will employment. Who knows what that really means? I've asked Kara Belofsky of Virginia and Ambinder LLP to lend some additional clarity:"
In Polska Gazeta
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Due to overwhelming interest from the readers of the Polska Gazeta, Lloyd Ambinder is asked to extend his series of articles on employment law.

This month, the series explains issues such as tip pooling in the restaurant industry, the new overtime regulations for nannies, and the prevailing wage and hour rights for construction workers. Polska Gazeta is a local New York City newspaper, with distribution in Connecticut and New Jersey, and a readership of approximately 13,000 people.
In Justia US Law
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Previously, carpenters, bricklayers, masons and other workers in construction-related trades filed a lawsuit alleging that employer Abax Incorporated underpaid them on wages, overtime, and benefits during the course of their employment on public works contracts.

A few days ago, the Appellate Division, First Department issued a decision, stating in part that Virginia & Ambinder, LLP “has demonstrated its expertise and zealous representation of the plaintiffs here, as well as in prior class action cases which have reached this court on appeal.