WASHINGTON, DC – Outten & Golden, one of the largest U.S. law firms dedicated to the representation of employees and individuals, is proud to announce that Mikael Rojas has returned to the firm following his appointment in the Biden-Harris Administration…
NEW YORK, NY – Outten & Golden is proud to represent Jane Doe, a woman who has alleged Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a lower Manhattan hotel between April 29, 2006, and May 6, 2006, according to a new indictment announced by the Manhattan…
Outten & Golden recently secured a $3.75 million workers’ rights settlement on behalf of the District of Columbia’s Office of Attorney General (OAG). This settlement, which includes $1.7 million in restitution to 1,200 harmed construction workers,…
The lawsuit alleges Smoothstack’s practices amount to “modern-day indentured servitude” and seeks to invalidate Smoothstack’s Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs), which require workers to complete 4,000 hours of billable client work…
Lead plaintiffs represent a potential class of more than 12,000 women in Apple’s engineering, marketing, and AppleCare divisions in California. Women claim that Apple systematically relies on pay expectation and prior pay information before joining…
WASHINGTON—A major government contractor has intentionally discriminated against older jobseekers and harmed their employment prospects for years, according to a new class action lawsuit filed in a federal court in Boston by AARP Foundation, Peter Romer-Friedman…
The three Black male New York residents, who were not travelling together, allege that American Airlines removed them from a flight based solely on the color of their skin. NEW YORK, NY – Today, three Black men filed a federal lawsuit against American…
“Generally, hourly workers are non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay. Executives, managers, administrators and “professionals” — think lawyers, doctors or other roles requiring specialized education — tend to fall into the exempt category.…
NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to enact a final rule prohibiting all new non-compete agreements in the U.S. and making current non-compete agreements unenforceable for all workers except for those entered into by senior…
WASHINGTON, DC – Outten & Golden LLP, the largest U.S. law firm dedicated exclusively to the representation of employees, today announced the promotion of whistleblower attorney David M. Jochnowitz to Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Whistleblower…
