Glatt et al v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:11-cv-06784

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

William H. Pauley, III

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  1. July 12, 2016

    CORRECTED: Fox To Pay Ex-Interns $495 Each In Standard-Setting Deal

    Fox has reached a deal in a class action brought by former unpaid interns alleging they should have been classified as employees, which sparked a host of similar suits, agreeing to pay $495 to each class member, according to settlement documents filed Tuesday in New York federal court. (Correction: A prior story misstated the number of class members potentially covered by the settlements. The error has been corrected.)

  2. September 04, 2013

    Fox Can Bring Quick Appeal In Unpaid Interns' Case

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday said he will allow Fox Entertainment Group Inc. to make a quick appeal of his decision that some unpaid interns who worked for the company were actually employees.

  3. August 27, 2013

    Fox Gets Unpaid Intern Class Trimmed In Wages Suit

    A New York federal judge narrowed the scope Monday of collective action claims brought against Fox Entertainment Group Inc. on behalf of unpaid interns allegedly owed wages, but he refused to strike two Fox entities from the definitions of previously certified class and collective groups. 

  4. July 26, 2013

    Fox Seeks OK For Quick Appeal In Unpaid Intern Case

    Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. sought permission Thursday to appeal a June ruling that said unpaid interns who worked on the film "Black Swan" were actually employees, arguing that the Second Circuit should identify the standard for determining whether unpaid interns are workers entitled to wages.  

  5. June 13, 2013

    Fox Ruling Warns Cos. Of Pitfalls In Hiring Interns

    As summer internship programs kick into high gear, a recent ruling that a pair of Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. interns ought to have been classified as employees should remind employers to remain wary of the potential wage-and-hour dangers that go along with bringing on unpaid workers, attorneys say.

  6. June 11, 2013

    Unpaid Fox Interns Are Employees, Judge Rules

    A Fox Entertainment Group Inc. unit misclassified unpaid coffee-fetching interns when it failed to call them employees, a federal judge said Tuesday, a blow for the company in its fight to avoid paying the young staffers.

  7. May 10, 2013

    Fox Fights Class Cert. In Unpaid Interns' Wage-And-Hour Suit

    Fox Entertainment Group Inc. attorneys on Friday told a New York federal judge that internships at its corporate subsidiaries are so varied and individualized that a wage-and-hour lawsuit brought by former unpaid interns can't proceed on a classwide basis.

  8. October 11, 2012

    Fox Unpaid Interns Win Expansion Of Wage Class Action

    A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that a proposed wage-and-hour class action originally brought against movie studio Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. by former unpaid interns can be broadened to include claims on behalf of all corporate interns for News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group. 

  9. September 20, 2012

    Fox Fights Unpaid Interns' Bid To Expand Wage Suit

    Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. on Wednesday objected to a bid by former interns seeking money for their unpaid gigs to expand their putative class by adding parent company Fox Entertainment Group Inc. and unfair competition claims in California.

  10. August 24, 2012

    Fox May Be Pushing Ex-Interns To Stay Out Of Wage Suit

    Movie studio Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. may be trying to coerce former interns into not joining a putative class action seeking money for their unpaid gigs, lawyers for the plaintiffs told a New York federal judge Friday.

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