By David Grening | Daily Racing Form NEW YORK – Banned trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. appeared in a federal court of appeals Monday, trying to convince a three-judge panel to hear his case against regulators who banned him from the sport for 10 years. Dutrow’s attorney, Alan Sash, argued that […]
The class action department of McLaughlin & Stern, LLP is pleased to announce a $6.25 million settlement for approximately 1700 current and former employees of RiverBay Corp. (AKA Co-op City). On February 3, 2015, the Honorable Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York granted preliminary approval […]
by Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg Business Last August a federal judge granted two former Gawker Media interns permission to wage their fight for back pay from the company on behalf of former interns. It was a big win for the plaintiffs, but it raised a question: how to find people […]
By Josh Eidelson | Businessweek.com Last month, when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against workers suing an Amazon (AMZN) warehouse contractor, the e-commerce giant wasn’t the only winner. That Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk decision—declaring that time spent waiting to go through security lines wasn’t “integral and essential” to warehouse […]
By Carl Campanile and Susan Edelman | New York Post After State Police narcotics investigator Richard O’Brien fell off a ladder while repairing his mother’s roof, he lived for only three hours. As the mortally injured cop lay unconscious in the hospital, fellow troopers scrambled to “retire” him on disability, […]