Authored by Adam Smiley
This blog has often reported on the rise of unpaid internship lawsuits. (See here and here.) These suits have been driven by an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar that smelled opportunity based on a number of convenient facts: many employers have an internship program, formal or informal; many interns are unpaid, or if paid work enough hours
Continue Reading University Goes To School On Internship Database
Authored by Adam J. Smiley
A New York federal judge gave an initial thumbs-up last Thursday to what is believed to be the largest unpaid internship settlement on the books: $450,000.
Elite Model Management was sued by a former unpaid intern in February 2013 (See Complaint), claiming that Elite deliberately misclassified interns as non-employees who were not protected
Continue Reading Run[a]way Recovery: Unpaid Modeling Agency Interns Set to Cash In
C0-authored by Camille Olson and Kevin Fritz
Since early 2012, this blog has reported several times on emerging issues surrounding internships. In some cases, what appears to be a win-win for employers and unemployed professionals, an internship opportunity can actually leave employers vulnerable to alleged back pay under state and federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Continue Reading DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CLARIFIES ITS GUIDANCE ON INTERNSHIPS…SORT OF
Authored by Robert Whitman
The lawsuit against Hearst Corporation on behalf of interns who claim they should have been paid as employees got a jolt of life last week when the judge supervising the case certified the class certification issue for an immediate appeal (See here).
As we previously reported (here), Judge Harold
Continue Reading New Hope for Hearst Interns Seeking Class Status
Authored by Robert Whitman
Advocates for interns seeking wage payments under federal and NY law received some welcome news this week with the decision in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. [here]. As we have discussed previously [See here, here, here], Glatt is one of a number of recent cases brought on behalf of
Co-authored by Rob Whitman and Adam Smiley
Two court filings this week show that when one internship lawsuit goes down, another one quickly rises to take its place.
In one case, a judge in the Southern District of New York on May 8 denied class certification (See here) for a group of magazine interns, holding that the interns
Continue Reading Employers Play Whack-A-Mole with Internship Lawsuits
Co-authored by Rob Whitman and Adam Smiley
In February, this Blog reported on a pair of recent Southern District of New York lawsuits by former unpaid interns for The Hearst Corporation and Fox Searchlight Pictures claiming that they should have been paid for work performed for about 20 magazines and on production of the 2010 film “Black Swan,” respectively. The
Continue Reading Unpaid Interns Making Progress in Pressing Wage-Hour Claims
Authored by Jessica M. Schauer
Last month, this Blog reported on a pair of recent lawsuits filed by former unpaid interns for The Hearst Corp and Fox Searchlight Pictures claiming that they should have been paid for work they performed for the fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar and on production of the 2010 film “Black Swan.” This week, a similar law
Continue Reading A Rose Employee By Any Other Name? Talk Show Interns Sue For Pay