Violations

Notices Sep 17, 2019

Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File a Lawsuit Against Quick Dispense, Inc., Alleging Violations of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)

The lawsuit alleges Quick Dispense, Inc., violated the California Labor Code by failing to provide their California non-exempt employees with required meal and rest periods and allegedly failed to pay overtime. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Los Angeles employment law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against Quick …

Lawsuits Mar 27, 2017

Lawsuit Over Michigan Worker’s Death Highlights Conditions in Auto Parts Industry

The horrific death of an auto parts worker in Ionia, Michigan in 2015, now the subject of a lawsuit, sheds light on the brutal regime existing among this section of workers, some of the most exploited in the United States. William Holbrook filed a wrongful death …

Settlements Dec 20, 2016

Academy of Art University Agrees to Pay $20 Million and Build Affordable Housing to Settle Lawsuit

Academy of Art University has agreed to pay $20 million and to build 160 units of affordable housing to settle a lawsuit filed by the city of San Francisco over the institution’s widespread land-use violations. Under the proposed deal, announced Monday, the university will pay the city $20 million in cash …

Lawsuits Aug 29, 2016

Severe Electrical Shock at Teleport Sparks Lawsuit

Severely burned when he was shocked by electricity while installing a switch at the Teleport in Bloomfield earlier this year, a New Dorp man is creating a few sparks of his own. Juan Garcia has sued the Port Authority and others for negligence over the Jan. 5 incident. Garcia, 31, an employee of Control Electrical Contracting Corp. in Stapleton, alleges the defendants …

News May 26, 2016

Domino’s Could Be in Big Trouble

Domino’s is in deep dish. On Tuesday, New York Attorney General and fair labor crusader Eric Schneiderman announced a lawsuit alleging that the corporate pizza giant Domino’s and three franchisees were engaged in “widespread and systemic” violations of the state’s labor law. Domino’s, the suit says, knowingly peddled an employee-hours tracking system called PULSE, that under-calculated hours, …

Lawsuits May 26, 2016

Sunny Golloway Files Civil Lawsuit Against Auburn

Former Auburn baseball coach Sunny Golloway filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court Tuesday alleging five counts of violations against several members of the Auburn athletics department. Golloway’s complaint names the Auburn Board of Trustees, athletics …

News Apr 11, 2016

A Typo in Your Paystubs Could Cost You Millions

Imagine being sued by every single one of the employees who worked for you over the past four years because your paystubs have an extra comma in your company’s name. Or because the zip code is missing from your company’s address. Or perhaps because the paystub includes the pay period end date but not the beginning date.