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On September 29, 2021, Outten & Golden obtained court approval of a settlement agreement and consent decree that prohibits the individuals who allegedly ran an unlicensed, worked-based "recovery" program with multiple citations from the Department of Labor, from operating or directing a rehabilitation program in the state of North Carolina. The settlement and consent decree enforcing it follow Outten & Golden's recovery of $805,000 through settlements with the businesses that contracted with the recovery program. Plaintiffs are also represented by the North Carolina Justice Center...

Syracuse University has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from five women professors who alleged that they were unfairly compensated compared to men in similar positions.

Syracuse University agreed to pay $3.7 million to end a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by five female faculty members, the upstate New York school and attorneys for the plaintiffs said.

NEW YORK, NY – Outten & Golden LLP and Syracuse University announced a class-action settlement to resolve allegations of compensation discrimination raised by five female faculty members. Under the settlement agreement, the University will pay $3,713,000 to resolve the claims. This settlement does not represent an admission of any liability on the part of Syracuse University.

In a class action complaint filed today, the five female faculty members allege that the university-wide compensation and promotion policies and practices had an adverse impact on them and other female...

Lawsuit alleged NIJ employee was passed over for promotions despite exemplary qualifications and service

A Washington, D.C. federal-court jury awarded a longtime U.S. Department of Justice employee $445,000 in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the government, the law firm Outten & Golden LLP  announced today.

After a five-day trial, the jury sided with Debra Stoe , who worked for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a DOJ agency, for 20 years. Stoe alleged she repeatedly was passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified and less accomplished...

A recent Ninth Circuit opinion in a case against food delivery company Grubhub promises to complicate the legal landscape for app-based companies after the appellate court ruled California's Prop 22 does...

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"Wages are property under California law and your right to that property vests when you perform the work," - Adam Koshkin

Class action targets criminal history screening policies that reject qualified job applicants

Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, hires thousands of new workers across the U.S. each year. But according to a lawsuit recently filed by Outten & Golden LLP and Youth Represent, the retail giant also rejects many qualified applicants because of their criminal histories – part of a uniform hiring policy that disparately impacts Black and Latinx candidates in...

Outten & Golden LLP, a premier law firm focused exclusively on representing employees, is pleased to announce that 33 attorneys from the firm's New York, San...

A Washington federal judge ruled that a group of U.S. Bank branch assistant managers can pursue their claims as a collective in a suit alleging the company didn't pay them for off-the-clock work.

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Justin M. Swartz of Outten & Golden LLP, which represents Kim, said Friday that he is glad other workers will be able to join the suit and fight for their rights.

"This is how the statute is supposed...