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HFA and the National Legal Advocacy Network Sue Brooklyn Bar for Engaging in Scheme to Steal Bartenders’ Wages
On August 8, 2018, Handley Farah & Anderson and the National Legal Advocacy Network filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a group of former employees of Bizarre, a popular bar, restaurant and cabaret in Brooklyn, New York, alleging their employer failed to pay minimum wage and overtime p…
Law360: Advocacy Groups Want Info On Decision To End Nepal’s TPS
By Suzanne Monyak
Law360 (June 24, 2019, 6:36 PM EDT) — Two New York-based advocacy organizations accused the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies Monday of ignoring their requests for
information about the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protected status …
Immigrant Rights Organizations File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Seeking Information on Decision to End TPS for Nepal
On June 24, 2019, the law firm Handley Farah & Anderson filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the nonprofit groups Adhikaar and the New York Immigration Coalition (“NYIC”) against four U.S. government: U.S. State Department, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servic…
Court Certifies D.C. Soccer Stadium Unpaid Wages Collective Action Lawsuit
On June 7, 2019, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia held that a wage theft lawsuit on behalf certain workers who built Washington, D.C.’s new professional soccer stadium could go forward as a collective action. Handley Farah & Anderson and The Kaplan Law Firm represent the Plaintif…
Final Settlement Agreement Approved in DairyAmerica Lawsuit
Progressive Dairyman
By Dave Natzke
About 26,000 U.S. dairy farmers will split approximately $26 million in a settlement agreement reached in a decade-long lawsuit over misreporting of nonfat dry milk prices that negatively affected the milk prices they received.
On May 8, 2019, the U.S. District Co…
CNN: The Internet Didn’t Shrink 6% Real Estate Commissions. But This Lawsuit Might.
CNN
By Lydia DePllis
After moving eight times as her husband’s job transferred them around the world, Lindy Chapman felt she knew a thing or two about selling real estate.
Unlike her first home purchases, by 2015 she could do most of the initial research online, narrowing her home search to …
HFA Files Lawsuit Alleging that NYPD Conducts Unlawful Warrant Searches
Handley Farah & Anderson and Cyrus Joubin, Esq. have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) engages in an unconstitutional practice of detaining people for the purpose of conducting warrant searches when no reasonable suspicion exists to detai…
HFA Files Lawsuit Against Bank and Sugar Mill for Discriminating Against African-America Sugarcane Farmer in Louisiana
HFA has filed a lawsuit alleging a discriminatory scheme by First Guaranty Bank and M.A. Patout sugar mill, and their executives, to profit at the expense of, impair and extinguish the sugarcane farm of Wenceslaus Provost, Jr., one of the last remaining African-American sugarcane farmers in Louisia…
HFA Files Lawsuit Alleging that National Association of Realtors and Real Estate Brokerages Conspired to Inflate Commissions Paid by Home Sellers
On March 6, 2019, HFA and co-counsel filed a putative antitrust class action in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”) and the four largest real estate broker franchisors (Realogy Holdings Corp., HomeServices of America, Inc., RE/MAX …
HFA Files Lawsuit Against FCA for Selling Vehicles with Defective Cooling Fans
Handley Farah & Anderson has filed a class action lawsuit against automobile manufacturer FCA US for selling vehicles that contain defective cooling fans. Specifically, the complaint alleges that FCA US knowingly sold Jeep Renegade and Ram Promaster City vehicles with cooling fans that fail pr…