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2700 employees fired and United Furniture owner ‘missing’
From: New York Post By: Lisa Fickenscher Updated: December 1, 2022 The owner of United Furniture Industries — which last week fired 2,700 workers through texts and emails while they slept — has disappeared after squabbling with…
Class-action lawsuit filed by Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital employees
From: Green Valley News & Sun By: Dan Shearer Published: August 9, 2022 Laid off employees at Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital have filed a class action lawsuit seeking unpaid wages, benefits, and other work-related…
COVID-19 not ‘natural disaster’ that allows for abrupt layoffs – court
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was not a “natural disaster” exempting businesses from a federal law requiring that workers be given advanced notice of mass layoff…
Employees Shocked When First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. Abruptly Closes
The Dallas News recently reported on the class action lawsuit filed by Raisner Roupinian LLP on behalf of the more than 400 First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. employees who unexpectedly lost their jobs in June 2022…
Fisker Auto’s Ch. 11 WARN Fight May Go To Trial, Judge Says
By: Jeff Montgomery Posted: May 12, 2019 Law360 Remnants of bankrupt electric car maker Fisker Automotive kicked up fresh sparks Wednesday, when a Delaware judge said the company and laid-off workers should consider dates for…
Former GDC Technics workers, including those at Port San Antonio, reach settlement over terminations
Former GDC Technics workers, including those at Port San Antonio, reach settlement over terminations…
General Dynamics Workers Win Class Cert. In WARN Act Suit
General Dynamics (GDIT) workers win class cert. in WARN Act suit…
Gymboree seeks more time to control its Ch. 11 and resolve WARN lawsuits
By: Jim Christie Posted: April 19, 2019 REUTERS LEGAL (Reuters) – Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree Group Inc on Wednesday asked a court in Virginia for 60 more days of exclusive control of its bankruptcy in…
Jenny Craig former employees file class-action lawsuit claiming company violated the WARN Act
From: NBC News By: Sara Ruberg Updated May 5, 2023 Excerpts below: Jenny Craig employees are seeking to join a class-action lawsuit alleging the company violated federal and state WARN Acts, which require companies to…
Judge certifies class-action suit against aircraft-modification firm that operated at Port San Antonio
GDC Technics certified as class-action case…
Landmark Raisner Roupinian LLP Supreme Court decision cited in Purdue Pharma District Court Decision
The Raisner Roupinian LLP Jevic decision in the U.S. Supreme Court is the guardrail against future attempts to manipulate the bankruptcy code to the detriment of creditors…
Munchery Inc. class settlement approved by United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Raisner Roupinian LLP receives final approval for settlement class of 250 former Munchery employees…
Plano mortgage company’s mass layoff wasn’t its first, former employees claim
From: Dallas Morning News By: Mitchell Parton Updated: July 1, 2022 Former employees of First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. are suing the Plano company after it laid off 75% of its staff on June 24 and filed for bankruptcy…
Raisner Roupinian LLP partner Jack Raisner helped draft New Jersey’s landmark WARN and severance law revisions.
Raisner testified twice before the state legislature to gain the law’s passage. It became effective in April 2023, and is the first mandatory severance law of its kind and was prompted by New Jerseyans’ outrage…
Raisner Roupinian LLP partner Jack Raisner quoted in Law360 on whether Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s pandemic-related layoffs violated the WARN Act
Raisner Roupinian LLP partner Jack Raisner quoted in Law 360 article…
Retail Workers Are Trying to Escape the ‘Merry-Go-Round’ as Jobs Disappear and Prospects Dim
By: Alana Semuels Posted: February 7, 2020 Sue Reich worked for 27 years at Shopko, a Midwest retailer that sold clothing, shoes, housewares, and electronics, until, one day, her employer didn’t exist anymore. Shopko, which…
Toys ‘R’ Us Workers Win $2 Million Settlement on Severance
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