Category: Class Action
Let’s Ketchup on Recent Class Action Lawsuits
Last month a group of individuals filed a class action lawsuit accusing the former H.J. Heinz Co. (now Kraft Heinz) of breaching an agreement the company had with executives in which the company would make donations to charities as part of the benefit package. The Complaint is premised on...
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Files a Class Action
Last week a class action was filed against restaurant chain Dave & Buster's Inc. accusing the restaurant of decreasing employee hours to avoid providing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The action has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under...
She’s Not a Beauty School Drop Out But She Could Be Creating A Cut and Color FLSA Nightmare
Earlier this week a District Court judge in the District of Nevada denied Defendants' Motion to Dismiss in an FLSA class action lawsuit. The case, Guy v. Casal Institute of Nevada , stems from allegations by the plaintiff that while attending a for-profit cosmetology and esthetics services school "which...