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HFA Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Workers Denied Wages by LGB Construction and Jose Jimenez
Handley Farah & Anderson filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of a group of former employees of LGB Construction, alleging the employer failed to properly compensate workers for work done at numerous construction sites in the Distric…
Law360: Facebook Hit With Age, Gender Bias Suit Over Financial Ads
Facebook’s practice of allowing targeted advertising by age and gender systematically discriminates against women and older people by excluding them from some ads for financial services like mortgages, investment opportunities and consulting services, a user alleged in a proposed class action …
Class Action Filed Against Ford Motor Company for Defective Dashboards
On October 23, 2019, the law firm Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC, along with the law firms Sauder Schelkopf and Baron & Herskowitz, filed a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company alleging that the company sold hundreds of thousands of Ford F-150 trucks with a known dashboard defect.
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Law360: Judge Consolidates Wage-Fixing Suits Against Chicken Cos.
By Celeste Bott
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday granted a bid by ex-chicken producer employees to consolidate related cases in a proposed class action accusing chicken processing companies of a decadelong conspiracy to fix the wages of hundreds of thousands of workers.
U.S. District Judge Step…
New York Times: The Land of Our Fathers
The New York Times podcast for the 1619 Project covers the plight of the Provost family, one of the last remaining African-American sugarcane farmers in Louisiana. HFA represents the Provosts in an action against First Guaranty Bank and its senior vice president for engaging in a pattern of discri…
Washington Post: Housing Companies Used Facebook’s Ad System to Discriminate against Older People, according to New Human Rights Charges
By Marie C. Baca
Housing companies used Facebook’s ad system to discriminate against older people, according to new human rights charges.
Two parties — nonprofit watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative and a D.C. woman seeking to lead a class-action group — filed human rights charges …
Numerous Leading Housing Companies Charged with Discriminating Against Older Americans in Advertising Apartments on Facebook
WASHINGTON—Today, in a historic civil rights action challenging digital housing discrimination on Facebook, a non-profit group and an older woman seeking to represent a class of thousands of older tenants filed discrimination charges against seven housing companies (including a number of industry …
New York Times: U.S. Appeals Court Reinstates Emoluments Case Against Trump
A federal appeals court in New York on Friday revived a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is illegally profiting from his hotels and restaurants in New York and Washington in violation of the Constitution’s anti-corruption, or emoluments, clauses.
In a two-to-one decision, a panel of judges fo…
Bushwick Daily: Drag & Brunch Bar Bizarre in Bushwick Shuttered and Faces Lawsuit from Employees
An overhanging sign still reads “Bizarre” and the first two vowels are still flipped quixotically, but the rolling gate has remained shut since early June. The bartenders are now suing the shuttered bar.
“I don’t know how they’ve been able to get away with it, but they never paid their emp…
Cook County Record: Scuba Instructor, Dive Buddy Claim Diveheart Violated ADA When Revoking Their Certifications
By Charmaine Little
A certified scuba diving instructor and his dive buddy accused a certification group of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act when it allegedly restricted their certifications because of their physical conditions.
Craig Ress and Carl Cogdill filed suit against the Divehea…