SEXUAL ORIENTATION SEES SOME INCREASED PROTECTION UNDER TITLE VII
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of, among other characteristics,…
UBER CEO RESIGNS ONE WEEK AFTER WIGDOR LLP FILED A LAWSUIT ALLEGING PRIVACY VIOLATIONS AND DEFAMATION AFTER EXECUTIVES SHARED RAPE VICTIM’S MEDICAL RECORDS
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced his resignation this morning, less than one week after Wigdor LLP filed a complaint on behalf a woman who was raped by her Uber driver…
WIGDOR LLP FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST UBER ALLEGING PRIVACY VIOLATIONS AND DEFAMATION AFTER EXECUTIVES SHARE RAPE VICTIM’S MEDICAL RECORDS
Wigdor LLP has filed a complaint in the Northern District of California on behalf of a woman raped by an Uber driver in Delhi in 2014, alleging privacy violations as...
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FIRST CIRCUIT: TRANSPORTATION WORKERS EXEMPT FROM ARBITRATION IN DISPUTES REGARDING STATUS AS EMPLOYEES VERSUS CONTRACTORS
On May 12, 2017, the First Circuit ruled in Oliveira v. New Prime, Inc., No. 15-2364 (1st Cir. May 12, 2017) that contract disputes regarding whether transportation workers are independent...
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DOES “COMP TIME” WORK FOR YOU?
On May 2, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1180, also known as The Working Families Flexibility Act. The bill proposes to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime...
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WIGDOR LLP NOW REPRESENTS 23 EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES WITH CLAIMS AGAINST FOX
Today, Wigdor LLP has filed three additional complaints on behalf of Kathleen Lee, Naima Farrow and Vidya Mann. Wigdor LLP has also submitted to Ofcom an update on the recent...
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WIGDOR LLP REPRESENTS BLACK IT EMPLOYEE IN ALLEGATIONS OF RACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FOX
Wigdor LLP represents a current Black employee in Fox’s Internet Technology Department who alleges race discrimination against Bob Beckel, co-host of “The Five,” which airs during prime time on Fox...
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SUING NEW YORK CITY – FOR EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF NEW YORK CITY
There are a number of important distinctions between bringing an action against a private employer and suing the City of New York that must be taken into consideration before a…
REPORTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Lost among the publicity generated by a recent spate of sexual harassment claims against 21st Century Fox, Inc. and Fox News Channel (“Fox” or the “Company”) is Fox’s weak defense...
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