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Internships
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Law and the Workplace
Eleventh Circuit Adopts Second Circuit’s “Primary Beneficiary” Test for Unpaid Interns
By Mark W. Batten, Rebecca Sivitz
On September 11, 2015, the Eleventh Circuit became the first appellate court to address the standard for lawful unpaid internships since the Second Circuit’s ruling in Glatt et al. v.…
GovCon & Trade
When Intern Season Gets Hot: the Perils of Improper Hiring Under the FCPA
By Thad McBride
On August 18, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle allegations that it had violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
Labor Days
Sirius XM Settles Wage & Hour Class Action With Unpaid Interns
Earlier this month Sirius XM Radio Inc. settled a wage & hour class action with a class of 1,852 unpaid interns that claimed the company violated federal and state labor…
Federal Securities Law Source
Student internships basis for FCPA violation
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) had agreed to pay $14.8 million dollars to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
New Second Circuit Opinion Provides Guidance for Employers with Unpaid Interns
On July 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a federal district court decision that held that unpaid interns should have been classified and paid…
Land Use Prof Blog
Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) eInternship program openings: Application deadline of July 22
For the planning students out there, a note from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations:We have two projects open with two positions in each project. These internships would…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Second Circuit Teaches Unpaid Interns a Lesson
Co-authored by Robert Whitman, Adam Smiley, and Meredith-Anne Berger In a closely watched case affecting the viability of unpaid internship programs at for-profit employers, the Second Circuit held that the…
Employment Law Watch
Arrival of Intern Season Means Prep Work For Employers is Key
This post was written by Cindy S. Minniti and Mark S. Goldstein. With summer right around the corner, many high school and college students are preparing to begin unpaid internship…
CommLawBlog
Intern-al Affairs III: The Interns Are Learning – and That May be Bad for You
By FHH Law
Reminder: You should think hard about whether you need to pay summer interns instead of claiming that their "compensation" consists solely of school credit.
Labor & Employment Insights
The Internship 2: Now Paid? Viacom Pays Record Settlement on Intern Lawsuit
Viacom recently announced a settlement of $7.2 million dollars to end litigation by numerous unpaid interns for the Company’s television networks. In 2013, two former interns sued Viacom claiming that it…