June 13, 2013 – Pospis Law, PLLC

June 13, 2013 by mjpospis

Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases

People who contact me regarding an employment discrimination claim that they are interested in pursuing invariably ask two questions: (1) Do I have a case? (2) What is my case worth? The first question relates to the question of liability, while the second relates to the question of damages. As in any legal case, in…

Court Holds That Black Swan Unpaid Interns Were “Employees” Under Federal And New York Wage Laws

This week the Southern District of New York held, in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., 2013 WL 2495140 (SDNY June 11, 2013), that two unpaid interns who worked on the movie Black Swan in New York were “employees” under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York Labor Law (NYLL). Citing and applying…