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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Federal lawsuit against Fargo hotel owner for wage violations | Initiative Legal Group

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Below is the first part of an article by Forum Staff Repots from wday.com. It reads...

FARGO – A new federal lawsuit alleges that a Fargo-based owner of 13 hotels in North Dakota and Montana owes nearly 200 employees about $100,000 in back pay and $100,000 in damages. 
The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor in U.S. District Court in Fargo on Monday claims Bharat I. Patel illegally classified 192 workers – including front-desk clerks and housekeeping staff – as salaried workers who are exempt from overtime and minimum wage laws.
“The hospitality industry is staffed by hard-working, low-paid employees who deserve fair compensation for long hours,” said Charles Frasier, district director for the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division in Denver. “To obtain compliance in the hotel/motel industry, the Wage and Hour Division will use every tool available to ensure workers receive the wages they earned.”
The Patel-owned hotels involved in Fargo include Econo Lodge East, Econo Lodge West, Fargo Quality Inn, Super 8 Fargo and Quality Suites in Fargo.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Former employee of Hammond Water Works files discrimination lawsuit | Initiative Legal Group

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Below is the first part of an article by Ed Bierschenk Nwitimes.com. It reads...

HAMMOND | A former employee of Hammond Water Works said she was discriminated against because of her race while employed at the department.
Hazell Ridgell, an African-American, complained in a federal lawsuit filed on her behalf last week by attorney Bryan K. Bullock, that she was treated differently than her white co-workers.
For instance, she contends at one point when the building where she and others worked was being rehabilitated, employees were moved to the basement. Later, during this period, Ridgell said all of her white co-workers were given a desk upstairs, while she was left in the basement.
She also complained that she was not treated equally when it came to pay or work hours.
Ridgell contends that when she was transferred to the inventory clerk position in the water works department, her pay was never increased to the salary level of the white incumbent who previously held the job.
Ridgell said she complained to her immediate supervisor, the human resources department, and to Edward Krusa, the water works chief executive officer, about the pay disparity. According to the lawsuit, Krusa offered to give her an additional $3,000 rather than to equalize her pay and/or pay her the money she lost for not being paid at the same rate as her predecessor for five years.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Jon Fitch, Nate Quarry and Cung Le file class-action lawsuit against UFC | Initiative Legal Group

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The first part of the article below is by MMA Fighting Newswire from MMAFighting.com. It reads...

Former UFC fighters Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry along with Cung Le, who is still under contract with the UFC, have filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the UFC and its parent company, Zuffa. Bloody Elbow was the first to report the news of the lawsuit's existence.
"It's been definitely a tough road. I'm just honored to be part of this lawsuit against UFC for all the past UFC fighters, like Carlos Newton, and Nate [Quarry] and so many names I'd need a list here," Le said at Tuesday's press conference. "For all the future fighters and potentially one day, if my kids want to pursue the same path as I do, they would have a better situation to be in. I'm just very excited to get this going."
All three fighters have served in main events in the UFC. Two fought for titles in the organization.
Among other allegations, the antitrust suit alleges UFC has violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally scheming to create a non-competitive marketplace restricting the earning capabilities of fighters to a fraction of what would be available in a competitive market. The suit also alleges UFC coerces fighters to give up rights to their names and likeness in perpetuity.
"This lawsuit really is about fairness," said Quarry. "It's about a fair market value for the athletes. Over and over again, we've seen that's just not been the case. The UFC has taken over the entire industry and dictated its terms upon the fighters without any say. We don't have any rights. It's the word that comes down.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Court Asked to Quickly Dismiss College Athletes’ Class Action Against ESPN, Broadcasters | Initiative Legal Group

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Below is the first part of an article by Ted Johnson from variety.com. it reads...

ESPN, major broadcasters, athletic conferences and WME Entertainment and IMG Worldwide are seeking dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed by 10 college athletes, claiming profits from game telecasts using their names and likenesses without their permission.
A number of athletic conferences weighed in on Wednesday morning, asking that the lawsuit be dismissed for a simple reason: The athletes don’t have a right of publicity in sporting events.
The student athletes “erroneously assume that game participants have a right of publicity with respect to broadcasts of sporting events, and to advertisements for those broadcasts,” a group of athletic conferences, including the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten, said in a brief filed in a federal court in Tennessee. “Apart from being inherently impractical (any single participant could hold out and prevent the broadcast), plaintiffs’ position has been rejected repeatedly by controlling legal authorities.”
Broadcasters and sports licensing agencies are expected to file motions for dismissal later on Wednesday.
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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Steve Jobs' Snarky Testimony Takes Center Stage in iPod Class-Action Lawsuit Opening | Initiative Legal Group

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Below is the first part of an article by Kelly Hodgins from macrumors.com. It reads..
Apple this week is battling a decade-old class-action lawsuit by iPod owners angry that their media players were locked to Apple's iTunes ecosystem. Key pieces of evidence in the trial include email conversations among Apple executives and a videotaped deposition of Steve Jobs, both of which were made public for the first time this week as part of the  court proceedings. 
According to CNN Money and Reuters, the question-and-answer session with Steve Jobs focused on Apple's response to RealNetworks and its Harmony music service. In 2004, RealNetworks created this competing music service that allowed users to download songs and play them on any media device, including the iPod. 
RealNetworks' iPod support incensed Apple, which published a press release accusing RealNetworks of hacking the iPod. Apple adopted this strategy following a series of emails between Apple marketing head Phil Schiller and CEO Steve Jobs.
"How's this?" Jobs wrote. "We are stunned that Real is adopting the tactics and ethics of a hacker and breaking into the iPod." 

"I like likening them to hackers," Apple marketing chief Philip Schiller responded.
When asked if this response to RealNetworks was "strong and vehement," Jobs replied, "They don't sound too angry to me when I read them," adding that, "A strong response from Apple would be a lawsuit." 
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