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Posted on November 19, 2024November 19, 2024

Second Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Pausing Arbitration Against Migrant Nurse Who Left His Job

Posted on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction issued…

Former Party Clowns Sue Clowns.com to Challenge Misclassification, Recover Stolen Wages

Posted on December 19, 2023December 19, 2023

Plaintiffs Brayan Angulo, Cameron Pille, Janina Salorio, and Xander Black, former clowns and entertainers for Clowns.com, Inc., filed a lawsuit in federal court today alleging Clowns.com, Inc. and its owners Adolph Rodriguez and Erica Barbuto engaged in years of worker misclassification and violations of federal and state wage-and-hour law, failing to pay workers for many of the hours that they worked.

Federal Judge Halts Weaponized Arbitration Proceeding Involving Employer-Driven Debt

Posted on February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Arbitration threatened worker, a nurse from the Philippines, with tens of thousands of dollars of debt as punishment for leaving…

Law360: Cost-Splitting Arbitration Clauses Threaten Workers’ Rights

Posted on December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

Our Hugh Baran writes in Law360 about how provisions that require employees to bear half the costs of arbitration effectively…

New York Nursing Home Nurse Files Lawsuit to Stop Predatory Arbitration Seeking Tens of Thousands of Dollars Because He Left His Job

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

For Immediate Release Date: September 16, 2022 Contact: David Seligman (david@towardsjustice.org) & Hugh Baran (hugh@kakaleclaw.com) New York Nursing Home Nurse…