August 24, 2017
Plaintiffs' firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC was sanctioned Thursday in two separate California federal court cases alleging wage violations by gig-economy giants, with Uber winning sanctions related to the firm's communication with potential plaintiffs, and GrubHub winning sanctions over a failure to redact nearly 300 pages worth of documents.
July 18, 2017
Grubhub Inc. on Thursday moved for sanctions in California federal court against a lead plaintiff's legal counsel in a proposed wage-and-overtime class action, accusing his legal team of violating a protective order in the case by publicly disclosing nearly 300 pages of material designated as "confidential."
July 13, 2016
GrubHub Inc., the online food delivery service, could not put the brakes on a putative class action in California federal court Wednesday after a judge ruled the delivery driver plaintiffs sufficiently alleged facts to support claims they were denied minimum wage and overtime pay by being misclassified as independent contractors.