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Philip Gordon was quoted in an article published in Lawyers Weekly concerning a Supreme Court case that will decide whether wait staff are entitled to tips under a practice that collected charges from patrons as a “service charge.”  (view article) Gordon Quoted in Lawyers Weekly: Key Insights on the Tips Case Before the Supreme Judicial…

Across the country, companies increasingly require employees to sign agreements containing class action waivers, blocking workers from joining collective lawsuits even when multiple individuals suffer similar workplace misconduct. These waivers have triggered years of class action waivers Supreme Court litigation, driven by sharp judicial disagreement, growing corporate risk exposure, and fundamental questions about employee legal…

A $188 million judgment for damages has Wal-Mart officials asking the United Supreme Court to step in. The dispute started with a Pennsylvania class action lawsuit, involving approximately 187,000 Wal-Mart employees who worked for the company between the years of 1998 and 2006. The employees alleged that they were forced to skip breaks or otherwise…