December 16, 2021
Lawyers representing a proposed class of cable technicians claiming overtime violations cut their fees by nearly $50,000 in their second bid for an Illinois federal judge's approval of their settlement, after she said the first had inappropriate attorney awards.
September 13, 2021
A group of technicians cannot yet settle their suit alleging a cable installment company misclassified them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, an Illinois federal judge found, saying that allocating 40% of the $400,000 proposed settlement to attorney fees is too much.
October 28, 2020
A group of cable technicians have secured an Illinois federal judge's approval to proceed as a class in their lawsuit alleging that a cable installment company misclassified them as independent contractors and failed to pay them properly.