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El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant will pay $128,051 to 20 employees for violating the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The Wall Street Journal featured Louis Pechman's work on behalf of restaurant workers.

Barbara Simpson, a 59-year-old mixologist and seasoned music industry veteran, is suing Live Nation for age discrimination.

Christini's Ristorante Italiano has agreed to pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. EEOC.

Law 360 reported on the case against Burton & Doyle Steakhouse, owned by Mario Sbarro.

Waverly Inn has been sued by a former waiter for failing to pay the lawful minimum wages, misappropriation of tips and retaliation.

A jury verdict has awarded 286 Steak N’ Shake “managers” at the chain restaurant’s St. Louis, Missouri locations $2.9 million for unpaid overtime.

Two Japanese restaurants in Philadelphia were ordered to pay $1 million in back wages and damages to over 200 employees for minimum wage and overtime violations

A lawsuit against Jimmy John’s which alleges that Jimmy John’s misclassified assistant store managers as exempt from overtime was certified as a collective.