Virginia & Ambinder in the Press

"Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to pay about $4.2 million to resolve a putative class and collective action brought by former interns who claimed they were unlawfully denied minimum wage, the plaintiffs told a New York federal court Tuesday."

"After the New York Times’ expose on the horrific mistreatment of New York City manicurists, the nail industry is in danger of becoming a pariah. How can it protect workers and win back customers?"

"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor addressed participants in the New Lawyer Institute (NLI) on May 7th. The NLI, which was created on the recommendation of the City Bar’s Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession, provides law school graduates with practice-oriented training, mentoring and career support to help them get started in their careers."

"In the wake of a scathing New York Times expose of working conditions in nail salons, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a crackdown to protect salon workers. NBC national correspondent Kate Snow reports."

"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (center) addressed participants in the New Lawyer Institute (NLI) on May 7th. The NLI, which was created on the recommendation of the City Bar's Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession, provides law school graduates with practice-oriented training, mentoring and career support to help them get started in their careers. "

"Giorgio Armani Corp. became the latest big name in fashion and entertainment accused of using interns for free labor in a proposed class action filed in New York state court."

"Cirque du Soleil stiffed its employees when it did not share with its service staff a service charge that it collected from customers for catered events, an employee class action filed Friday in New York Supreme Court alleges."

"Viacom Inc. agreed to pay about $7.2 million to resolve a putative class action brought by two former interns who claimed they were unlawfully denied minimum wage, the plaintiffs told a New York federal court Wednesday."

"Simon & Schuster Inc., Tommy Hilfiger USA Inc. and Fendi North America Inc. are the latest companies to face proposed class actions in New York state court accusing them of misclassifying their interns as ineligible for minimum wages, according to Friday filings."

"Eddie Talaske was 21 when he landed a programming internship at Sirius XM. A college student from a Michigan town so small it has just one stop light, he’d never spent more than a weekend in New York City."

"The Soho Grand and the Tribeca Grand have been hit with a putative class action alleging the New York hotels shortchanged waiters, busboys, bartenders and other employees out of tips by assessing a “service charge” without disclosing the charge wasn’t a gratuity for staff."

"Former interns of Rolling Stone, retailer Lacoste and fashion firm The House of Z LLC each kicked off the latest round of wage-and-hour class actions in a New York state court, accusing the companies of unlawfully denying interns a minimum wage."