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Fees
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CAFA Law Blog
Hotel Employees Get Lei’d by Hotel in Hawaii When Hotel Fails to Distribute All of the Hotel Imposed Service Charge to the Hotel Employees.
Smith v. Kawailoa Dev. LLP, 2011 WL 6749793 (D. Haw. Dec. 22, 2011). The angry volcano gods caused an eruption that sent this class action back to Hawaii state court.…
Med Law Blog
2012 Pennsylvania Medical Records Fee
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced the Medical Records Fees for 2012.
Employment Class Action Blog
Hawaiian Court Finds That Employees Were Not Entitled To Resort Service Charges
By Greg Mersol
Employees’ Tip Ball Fails To Save Game; Series Continues This blog and Baker Hostetler’s HospitalityLawg often come across the same cases, particularly because the hospitality industry is increasingly the target…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Banking Class Action Case Headed to Sixth Circuit
Earlier this month, Arlington Video Productions, Inc. filed a notice of appeal from denial of class certification (and later summary judgment) in a case it brought against Fifth Third Bank…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Thunder in Paradise – Hawaii District Court Judges Issue Conflicting Opinions on Enforcement Scheme for Hawaii’s Tip Statute – Hawaii Supremes to Weigh-in
Co-authored by Jeremy W. Stewart and Ariel Cudkowicz Hotel and restaurant operators in the State of Hawaii have recently found their service charge practices subject to waves of challenges brought pursuant to…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
The New York Times, Fees, Regulation and Wrap Fees
This is an interesting article from the New York Times, directed at plan participants who may want to increase the returns in their 401(k)s by decreasing the costs in their…
Employment Class Action Blog
Court Finds That Employer’s Failure to Pay “Service Charges” To Tipped Employees Violated Hawaiian Law
In an August decision from a federal court in Hawaii, a hotelier was found liable for unpaid wages to a group of over 100 wait staff employees who claimed the…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Federal Court Says “Aloha” to Hotel Service Charge Practices in Hawaii
Co-Authored by Ariel Cudkowicz and Kevin Young As we reported earlier this summer, the hospitality industry has, in recent years, attracted the attention of various plaintiffs’ attorneys who have attacked, on…
Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Fines 5 Firms for Improper Handling Fees
The FINRA fined five broker-dealers for understating the amount of total commissions charged to customers in trade confirmations and on fee schedules by mischaracterizing a portion of the commission charges…
Sentencing Law and Policy
If the money will benefit prisoners, is there virtue in Arizona’s new inmate visitation fee?
Main September 6, 2011If the money will benefit prisoners, is there virtue in Arizona's new inmate visitation fee?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this fascinating…