March 27, 2024
A former copywriter accusing a media company of misclassifying its content creators as independent contractors implored a Michigan federal judge to ignore the company's request to send the suit into arbitration, saying it's not the court's responsibility to assuage the company's "buyers' remorse" and rewrite its contractor pact.
March 06, 2024
A media company told a Michigan federal judge that a former copywriter's proposed collective action accusing the company of misclassifying content creators as independent contractors belongs in arbitration, saying the ex-worker had signed an arbitration agreement and she already tried to bring the suit in a different district.
January 04, 2024
A media company misclassified its content creators as independent contractors and paid them on a per-article basis without overtime wages, a former copywriter alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed Thursday in Michigan federal court.