lauram, Author at Wigdor LLP

Sexual orientation discrimination protections under Title VII

SEXUAL ORIENTATION SEES SOME INCREASED PROTECTION UNDER TITLE VII

July 12, 2017

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 Travis Kalanick resigns following lawsuit filed by Wigdor LLP

UBER CEO RESIGNS ONE WEEK AFTER WIGDOR LLP FILED A LAWSUIT ALLEGING PRIVACY VIOLATIONS AND DEFAMATION AFTER EXECUTIVES SHARED RAPE VICTIM’S MEDICAL RECORDS

June 21, 2017

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

June 15, 2017

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...

Transportation workers exempt from arbitration under FAA

FIRST CIRCUIT: TRANSPORTATION WORKERS EXEMPT FROM ARBITRATION IN DISPUTES REGARDING STATUS AS EMPLOYEES VERSUS CONTRACTORS

June 9, 2017

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...

DOES “COMP TIME” WORK FOR YOU?

May 26, 2017

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...

WIGDOR LLP NOW REPRESENTS 23 EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES WITH CLAIMS AGAINST FOX

May 22, 2017

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...

WIGDOR LLP REPRESENTS BLACK IT EMPLOYEE IN ALLEGATIONS OF RACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FOX

May 22, 2017

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...

SUING NEW YORK CITY – FOR EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF NEW YORK CITY

May 12, 2017

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

May 8, 2017

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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