May 23, 2023
The operator of New York City-area Applebee's restaurants agreed to pay $1 million to tipped workers claiming they were cheated out of wages and up to $2 million in attorney fees and costs, ending two related collective lawsuits that began in New York federal court a decade ago.
January 11, 2018
A company that runs New York City-area Applebee's restaurants pushed back Thursday against a Brooklyn federal judge's report that said tipped workers had wages improperly withheld for years, arguing the potential $100 million price tag suggested in the report could lead to its "ruination."
October 05, 2017
A New York federal judge on Wednesday agreed with a group of Applebee's franchise employees that the company shouldn't have taken so-called tip credits from their pay in a recommendation that, the workers' attorneys say, could lead to more than $100 million in payments from the company.
April 23, 2015
Outten & Golden LLP and Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP on Wednesday urged a New York federal judge to nix a bid to sanction the firms in an overtime class action accusing an Applebee's franchisee of withholding overtime wages, slamming a claim that the firms displayed a misleading advertisement about their role in the suit.
April 22, 2015
Borrelli & Associates PLLC attorneys, who represent plaintiffs in a class action against Applebee's franchisee Apple-Metro Inc., filed a motion in New York federal court Tuesday seeking sanctions against Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP and Outten & Golden LLP, arguing the firms displayed a misleading advertisement regarding their role in the suit.
July 31, 2014
A New York federal judge has conditionally certified a pair of related class actions targeting an Applebee's franchisee over allegedly not paying workers minimum or overtime wages and opened up the action to workers from all of the company's 36 restaurants.