New York Federal Court complicates the use of unpaid interns *

USA - June 17 2013
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that all employees be paid the federally established minimum wage or more. However, as explained in the…

Co-authors: Joshua A. Rodine.

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"Black Swan" is ugly duckling for employers: unpaid interns in the spotlight after summary judgment in film production case *

USA - June 13 2013
Advocates for interns seeking wage payments under federal and NY law received some welcome news this week with the decision in Glatt v. Fox…

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Supreme Court upholds arbitrator's ruling on class arbitration but defers question of arbitrability *

USA - June 11 2013
Surprising many observers, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld an arbitrator's decision to permit class arbitration even though the parties' agreement…

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FLSA collective action waivers in arbitration agreements okay'd *

USA - June 4 2013
Can the right to bring a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") be waived by an arbitration agreement? While we await the…

Co-authors: Hayley E. Macon.

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Battle "grande" over Starbucks' tip pools continues to percolate: the New York State Department of Labor stirs things up *

USA - May 23 2013
Co-authored by John W. Egan and Robert Whitman We reported [here] in November on the Second Circuit's referral of two important Labor Law questions…

Co-authors: John W. Egan.

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