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COFFER V. GAME STOP, INC.,
Fair Labor Standards Act, Wage and Hour, Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime,
Amicable resolution, for Class of 27 – Misclassification of Store Managers as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Learn More. . . )
Represented by Greg Wiggins
ATCHISON V. FREDS STORE OF TENNESSEE, (2011)
Fair Labor Standards Act, Wage and Hour, Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime,
Amicable Resolution for Class of 126 – Misclassification of Assistant Store Managers as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Learn More. . . )
Represented by Greg Wiggins, Rocco Calamusa, and Kevin Jent
RAPP V. HOOTERS, INC., (2013)
Fair Labor Standards Act, Wage and Hour, Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime,
Amicable Resolution for Class of 35 – Misclassification of Assistant Store Managers as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Learn More. . . )
Represented by Greg Wiggins
IRAN LOSES $500+ MILLION MANHATTAN BUILDING TO 9/11 VICTIMS
The Iranian companies that own a Midtown office tower worth more than $500 million must forfeit the building to people who successfully sued Iran for damages over terrorist attacks, including 9/11, a judge has ruled. Dennis Pantazis and Timothy Fleming are Wiggins and Childs attorneys involved in representing 9/11 family victims in an action that resulted in $6 Billion default judgment against Iran for its involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
Learn More (New York Daily News)
LAWSUIT DEMANDS ‘FULL TRUTH’ ON IRAN’S COMPLICITY’ IN 9/11 ATTACKS
Monday, June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON — Iran has been accused of direct involvement in the Al Qaida suicide air strikes on New York and Washington in 2001.
The families of more than 3,000 victims of the Al Qaida attacks have filed suit in U.S. district court in New York that accused Iran of participation in the mass-casualty plot. The plaintiffs have called on the U.S. government to declassify documents that link the Teheran regime to air crashes on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Today, nearly a decade after the attacks that took so many of our loved ones away, we believe the 9/11 families and the American people deserve to know the full truth about Iran’s complicity,” Thomas Mellon, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said.
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“Our experts, including three former 9/11 Commission staff members, have stated that the evidence is ‘clear and convincing’ that the Islamic Republic of Iran was involved in the 9/11 attacks,” Timothy Fleming, the lead investigative attorney, said.
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Iran has not presented a defense of the suit, and the district court clerk entered a default against Teheran. Havlish and the co-plaintiffs have asked the federal court to rule on the case.
“These families have waited nearly 10 years to hear the truth,” Pantazis said. “Under the scrutiny of a federal judge, hopefully this will be accomplished in the next few months.”
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Excerpts taken from World Tribune- please follow link to see complete article
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_iran0757_06_20.asp
For more information on the lawsuit, see http://www.iran911case.com/
ISAIAH EVANS, ET AL. V. UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY
This case was filed in court against Defendants, Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. (“PDI”), MW Custom Papers, LLC (“MWCP”), United States Pipe & Foundry Company, LLC (“USP”), FMC Corporation and United Defense, L.P. (“FMC/UDLP”), by individual property owners (“Plaintiffs”) alleging Defendants caused foundry waste materials and other pollution to be deposited upon their residential property (“Action”).
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AUBURN PRESIDENT, AD NAMED IN WRONGFUL TERMINATION SUIT
A former manager of Auburn University’s Tigers Unlimited ticket service filed a wrongful termination civil lawsuit against the university including the athletics department Wednesday.
The Auburn Board of Trustees and five key school officials, including university president Jay Gouge, athletics director Jay Jacobs and associate athletic directors David Benedict and Rich McGlynn, are named in the civil suit brought by Matt Davis, who was fired this February from his manager position at Tigers Unlimited.
“A lot of complaints are filed with their facts enough to just get it though (but) this a pretty detailed complaint,” Davis’ attorney Dennis Pantazis said in a Thursday afternoon phone interview with The Montgomery Advertiser.
MOVIE DEAL
It’s official!
There will be a movie made about Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for equal pay for women.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first law signed by President Obama. Now, filmmakers will make a movie showing how Lilly Ledbetter became an activist for equal pay for women. It began with Jon Goldfarb representing Ledbetter in her discrimination case in Gadsden, Alabama and a jury awarding a verdict of $3.8 million dollars.
Jon Goldfarb focuses on employee rights and civil rights.
DOLLAR GENERAL SETTLEMENT
Documents and Information
You have reached the Wanda Womack, et al vs. Dollar General webpage.
As of March 6, 2013, checks were mailed to all eligible class members from the Administrator’s office located in Tallahassee, Florida.
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Claims Administrator will distribute to each Settlement Class Participant a Base Award based on her tenure (excluding periods as a Store Manager in a “Market Store”) (“Qualified Tenure’) during the class period (Feb 8, 2006 to April 1, 2012) as a proportion of the total Qualified Tenure of all Settlement Class Participants during the Class Period. Qualified Tenure will be calculated in increments of no less than one month (30 days), except for those who opted into the suit pursuant to the EPA, whose Qualified Tenure will be calculated based on length of service as a Store Manager from 2003 forward (and then again calculated as a proportion of the total Qualified Tenure of all Settlement Class Participants). This process will establish the pro rated share for all with at least one month’s (30 days) worth of Qualified Service to be applied against the funds designated for Base Awards by the Claims Administrator. The Base Award constitutes alleged back-pay and the Claims Administrator will adjust each award to withhold for applicable employee taxes and necessary government withholdings from the Base Award. (See Document 443 Pg 39 – 40).
For Non-Wage Damages Awards to Settlement Class Participants (Claims Form Award), the Claims Administrator will determine an appropriate allocation of non-wage damages among those Settlement Class Participants who are determined by the Claims Administrator to be eligible to receive a Non-Wage Damages Award. As to each Settlement Class Participant, each Non-Wage Damage Award shall be based on the information contained in the particular Settlement Class Participant’s claims form regarding alleged comparables, other types of claimed harm and verification of same, and Qualified Tenure during the Class Period. Qualified Tenure will be calculated in increments of no less than one month (30 days) except for those who opted into the suit pursuant to the EPA, whose Qualified Tenure will be based on length of service from 2003 forward. Non-Wage Damages Awards shall be subject to a cap of three (3) times the agreed-upon differential for each of the following two groups. For those promoted to the Store Manager position, the agreed-upon calendar year annual differential for settlement purposes is $710.00. For those hired into the Store Manager position, the agreed-upon calendar year annual differential for settlement purposes is $1,519.00. For Settlement Class Participants who worked less than a full year, the differential will be adjusted by dividing the number of months worked by 12 months, e.g., 6/12ths for a Settlement Class Participant who worked 6 months. These Non-Wage Damages Awards represent non-wage damages which are not subject to tax or government mandated withholding (meaning you will have to pay taxes on the amount you receive at the end of the year). The Non-Wage Damages Award shall be established prior to the setting of the Base Award funds for allocation per the methods set in Para. VIII A.1 (See Document 443 Pg 40-41).
If you have not received a check and feel that you should have, you will need to contact the Administrator’s office at 877-236-6515. If you received a check but have questions about your check (how it was calculated, certain withholdings, etc.), you will also need to contact the Administrator’s office at 877-236-6515. The Administrator’s office should be able to answer any and all questions you have regarding checks, as they are the office that prepared the data, processed it, cut and distributed the checks.
NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION, PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND SETTLEMENT HEARING
CORRECTED THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
ORDER APPROVING MODIFICATION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
CLAIMS FORM TO SEEK AN ADDITIONAL AWARD FROM THE SETTLEMENT FUND