May 21, 2024
A Mississippi federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to disclose the identities of migrant workers with knowledge of a fishery's alleged interference with a DOL investigation or of allegations the fishery retaliated against workers cooperating in the probe.
March 26, 2024
The federal government cannot withhold information regarding an ongoing wage theft investigation, a fishery told a Mississippi federal court, because the probe is inextricably linked with claims that the company retaliated against employees who cooperated.
March 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor can't strategically walk away from discovery obligations in a suit accusing a Mississippi fishery of threatening to deport workers if they cooperate in a wage investigation, the fishery said, arguing it won't have a chance to properly defend itself.
March 15, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor is fighting an attempt by a Mississippi fishery to uncover the identities of temporary foreign workers who claim they were retaliated against during a wage investigation, urging a federal judge to prohibit their disclosure.
September 28, 2023
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent a Mississippi fishery from interfering with a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the company's treatment of migrant workers.
September 08, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor implored a Mississippi federal judge to slap an emergency restraining order on a fishery to prevent it from threatening its migrant workers with retaliation for their participation in an agency investigation, saying Friday that the fishery is hindering the investigation.
September 07, 2023
U.S. Department of Labor prosecutors hit a Mississippi fishery with a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, accusing it of threatening to deport its migrant workers if they cooperated with an agency investigation.