Recent Cases

Recent defense cases include:

McDonald’s USA, LLC, a joint employer et al.

Joseph Hirsch and Claude have joined forces with attorneys from across the United States to defend McDonald’s USA, LLC and numerous franchisees in a groundbreaking lawsuit brought by the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of General Counsel. As Board members Miscimarra and Johnson have remarked about this case: “It is no secret that the General Counsel here intends to pursue a more expansive theory of joint employer liability than the Board subscribes to under current law.”

McDonald’s USA, LLC, a joint employer, et al. and Fast Food Workers Committee et al., 362 NLRB No. 168 (August 14, 2015).

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Lavotte Saunders, Plaintiff, v. Apothaker Associates, Inc. and David Apothaker, Defendants.

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Richard Snyder, Plaintiff, v. Dietz & Watson, Inc., et al., Defendants.

Civ. A. No. 11-0003 (NLH)(AMD)
January 30, 2013 - (Plaintiff's motion for class certification of a wage claim was denied)

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Recent plaintiff cases include:

Edward D. Jones & Co, LP v. Robert J. Massorni, Jr. (CCP Adams County No. 2011- SU-984) (special injunction granted).