May 07, 2024
A New York City restaurant operator urged the Second Circuit Tuesday to reject a lower court finding that its workers' federal wage claims may be cut from their class action but can also be reinstated if the appeals court were to vacate their state wage claims, insisting the decision is unfair.
March 11, 2024
Litigants with state and federal claims should resolve them all in a trial court before filing an appeal, so they can avoid a fiasco like when the Second Circuit said it couldn't decide what to make of a $5 million trial win for workers, attorneys told Law360.
March 05, 2024
The Second Circuit in a published opinion Tuesday sent workers' wage class action against a New York City restaurant operator back down to a district court after the restaurant appealed a $5 million judgment against it on state labor law claims, saying the workers' federal claims are still in limbo.
February 09, 2024
This week the Second Circuit will consider a request from the operator of New York City restaurants to undo a $5 million judgment against it in a class action brought by tipped workers who claimed they were improperly paid under New York law. Here, Law360 explores this and another major labor and employment case on the docket in New York.
November 15, 2023
A shuttered upscale Manhattan restaurant has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court, saying collection attempts on a $5 million labor class action verdict have prevented it from winding down its business.