Virginia & Ambinder in the Press

"Oscar de la Renta LLC on Wednesday became the latest fashion label to be hit with a proposed class action in New York by unpaid interns who claim the company wrongly classified them as exempt from receiving minimum wage payments."

"Judge Caproni issues a decision stating that the firm did an “admirable job” in a case “that was difficult to litigate.”"

"Kyle Grant was still living in a Bronx homeless shelter when he started interning at Warner Music Group (WMG) in August 2012. The gig was unpaid, and he couldn’t afford an apartment of his own after moving out of his girlfriend’s mother’s house, but he took it anyway."

"A former intern for Clear Channel Communications has filed a suit against the massive radio broadcasting company in federal court, alleging that she performed the job of a paid employee in her unpaid internship and should have been compensated as such."

"A former employee hit Coach Inc. with a proposed class action in New York state court on Tuesday for allegedly misclassifying employees as unpaid interns and failing to pay them minimum wage, making Coach the latest in a growing number of companies to be hit with such allegations."

"A former unpaid intern for Def Jam Recordings and Motown Records hit the labels’ parent company, Universal Music Group Inc., with a putative collective action in New York federal court on Wednesday, accusing the music giant of illegally failing to pay its interns minimum wage."

"A former intern for Arnold Worldwide LLC filed a putative class action in New York state court on Monday against the advertising agency, alleging it broke state labor laws when it refused to pay interns but had them perform the work of regular employees."

"Workers who made food for NYC schools and homeless shelters and were not paid prevailing wages."

"The internship: the pain of many post-graduates, and the basis of a two hour advert for Google masquerading as a film. Whatever the context, the subject always seems to be met with a slight, “oh well, that’s the way it works, so you know, deal with it…” attitude. That approach changed in the UK slightly last year as new legislation was brought in to criminalise unpaid work, but the issue has picked up considerable steam again recently with the news that up to 3,000 ex-interns might file lawsuits against Warner Music."

"Interns who worked at Warner Music Group Corp. and Atlantic Recording Corp."

"A former intern for The Howard Stern Show has sued the radio personality's broadcaster, Sirius XM Radio, claiming that the company's unpaid internship program violates labor law."

"The rules have changed for summer interns.

Since last year's class vacated the lowest rungs of the corporate totem pole, a string of high-profile lawsuits by unpaid interns has worked its way through the courts, and legislatures have passed new protections, forcing both schools and employers to rethink their policies."