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Expedia ordered to pay $184 million in class-action damages: its terms of service said that its (profitable) service fee “goes to covering costs”

July 13, 2009

See this Loeb & Loeb memo. (Hat tip: Lexology)

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Misjudging independent contractor status can lead to lawsuits demanding overtime pay

June 26, 2009

For several years now it’s been said that plaintiffs’ lawyers have been looking for wage-and-hour class action lawsuits to bring against companies. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance has been sued for $200 million by three "financial representatives" who the company says were independent contractors, but they say they were employees who were denied overtime. See this [...]

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