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National employee-side law firm's succession plan includes the elevation of Adam T. Klein to Managing Partner and Laurence S. Moy to Deputy Managing Partner and the hiring of Sloane Levy as Chief Operating Officer.

Outten & Golden LLP, a national employee-side law firm with four offices across the U.S., today announced several changes as part of its "O&G 2.0" succession plan.

Adam T. Klein, who founded the firm's Class & Collective Action practice group, was named Managing Partner effective January 1st.  Mr. Klein concentrates his practice on prosecuting employment discrimination and wage-and...

The civil rights firm Outten & Golden has hired a veteran transgender-rights litigator at a “critical inflection point,” as LGBT cases abound across state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jillian Weiss, joining the firm as of counsel in New York, will assist workers who face alleged discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Weiss previously served as executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Weiss had worked with Outten & Golden on several amicus cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...

United Airlines Inc. and United Continental Holdings Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court Monday alleging that they flouted a federal anti-discrimination law by not paying regular wages to workers who took short-term military leave or crediting that time toward a profit-sharing program.

Because the companies paid regular wages and salaries to employees who took similar types of leave, such as jury duty or sick leave, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act requires them to do the same for those who take short-term military leave, Eric...

Deirdre A. Aaron, Nicholas Sikon, and Menaka N. Fernando elected to partnership and Michael J. Scimone promoted to Counsel effective January 1, 2019

Employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP announced today the promotion of Deirdre A. Aaron, Nicholas Sikon, and Menaka N. Fernando to partnership, and the promotion of Michael J. Scimone to Counsel, effective January 1, 2019.

Deirdre A. Aaron is a member of the firm's Class Action Practice Group and the Family Responsibilities & Disability Discrimination Practice Group. She is based in the New York office.

Before joining the firm in 2012, Ms....

New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

In a case closely watched by the trucking industry, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act exemption for interstate transportation workers applies to independent contractors. Section 1 of the FAA exempts from arbitration "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce."

The justices heard oral arguments in October 2018 in a class action accusing New Prime Inc. of failing to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices a proper minimum wage. The high...

Outten & Golden LLP, a preeminent employee rights law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of nine new associates to its growing practice of representing employees in all areas of employment law. That practice includes representing executives and partners with employment and partnership agreements; coaching clients with employment problems and disputes; negotiating and litigating claims of discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract; advising and representing whistleblowers; and prosecuting class and collective actions involving discrimination, wage-and-hour, and WARN Act claims....

National employee-side law firm reflects on its growth and successes as it embarks upon a third decade of client and community advocacy.

Outten & Golden LLP, nationally known and respected for representing employees, executives, and partners in all areas of employment law, is celebrating its 20th year. From its launch as a three-attorney practice in Manhattan, the firm has grown to 71 attorneys in four offices across the United States.

"We attribute our longevity and success to our exceptional attorneys, our concentration on representing employees, and our commitment to the public interest,"...

Amazon, T-Mobile and other national employers violated age bias laws by aiming Facebook job ads at younger workers even if they didn’t block older workers from applying, three older job seekers said Monday in a memo urging a California federal judge not to dismiss their proposed class suit.

The job seekers blasted Amazon's claims that the company and other employers didn't violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and its state counterparts because older workers could still seek and obtain jobs, saying it's enough that the employers denied older workers job listings, deterring them...

A recent split panel ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit narrowed the avenues a worker can take to fight alleged religious-protection violations. The case highlighted the unsettled landscape for companies, their employees and the courts.

Emily Sure-Ondara had secured a position at North Memorial Health Care until she explained to the Minnesota hospital that as a Seventh-day Adventist she would observe the sabbath sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday.

The registered nurse’s request to not work weekends clashed with a requirement—negotiated by the nurses’ union and...

The stars behind Defy-owned Smosh and Clevver have taken control of their YouTube channels.

The creators behind Defy-owned Smosh and Clevver have kept posting videos to the channels even as they await the fate of those brands.

Ten days after Defy Media announced its abrupt closure, the effects of the shutdown are still rippling through the community of YouTube creators who worked closest with the company.

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Lionsgate and Viacom-backed Defy said that it was shuttering on Nov. 6, revealing via a statement that it had “ceased...