Burgess v. Major Model Management, Inc. et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cv-02816

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jennifer L. Rochon

Firms

  1. April 27, 2022

    Model's Classification Suit Paused With Agency In Bankruptcy

    A New York federal judge paused a proposed class and collective action filed by a model against her former agency because the business is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, sidelining the suit claiming the agency misclassified models as independent contractors.

  2. May 11, 2021

    Models Slam Agency's 'Hyperbolic' Bid To Trim Wage Suit

    A New York modeling agency can't escape a suit on the grounds that the claims are incompatible, a proposed class of models said, arguing that the firm's "hyperbolic" dismissal bid attempted to distract from the central wage issues.

  3. February 26, 2021

    Agency Says Model's Unpaid-Wages Claim 'Defies Logic'

    A modeling agency has urged a New York federal judge to toss a model's unpaid wages lawsuit against the company, arguing that she wants to "have her cake and eat it too" by grounding her claims in two incompatible realities that defy logic.