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UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
The firm has successfully
represented plaintiff employees
in many wage and hour individual
and class actions seeking to
recover overtime pay owed to
them under both state and
federal law. Such cases
have been successfully
prosecuted in federal and state
courts in Massachusetts and
other states, recovering
millions of dollars in damages
from employers such as
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company, Continental Insurance
Company, USAA,
Ames Department Stores, Inc., Argenbright, Inc., Abercrombie &
Fitch, Lane Bryant, Inc.,
Express and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, among
others.
The firm currently
represents employees in pending
class wage and hour actions
under state or federal law
against
GEICO Insurance Company,
American Broadband LLC and Angel
Studios, Inc.
VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY CASES
Unfortunately, video game companies
routinely ask the core of their
production work force to endure long
"crunch" periods in which the
employees regularly work 6-7 days
per week, and sometimes up to 100
hours per week, without any overtime
compensation.
These work periods take their toll
physically and emotionally on the
employees, and many in the industry
believe the work can be done more
efficiently and effectively by
simply improving management of
the production process.
Because the companies do not pay
overtime to the employees, the
companies lack a financial incentive
to change their ways. That is
not the way it has to be.
The companies are extremely
profitable. We
are convinced that the industry has
the resources to do better.
As a result, our firm is at the
center of efforts to force a change
in the industry.
Through litigation, we have led the
way in challenging video game
companies’ decisions to classify
their production employees as exempt
from the overtime requirements of
California law.
By following the links below you
can read about our pending cases, as
well as the results of our settled
cases in the industry.
SETTLED CASES
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Sony Artists Overtime
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Electronic Arts
California Artists Overtime
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Electronic Arts California Software Engineers Overtime
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Electronic Arts
Florida Artists Overtime
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