http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/ Published by Pogust Braslow & Millrood en-us 2011-11-30T14:29:27-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/11/debt_collectors_beware_consume.html There is no question that the struggling economy has put more Americans into debt and more businesses are trying to recover payments that are rightfully owed to them. But we have laws that require these businesses to try to collect... Class Action Derek T. Braslow 2011-11-30T14:29:27-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/07/do_you_know_what_youre_being_c_1.html In the past five years, many employees' 401(k) plans have taken a hit along with the economy. So it would be expected that, especially during such times, employers would make sure that they choose 401(k) plans for their employees with... Class Action Derek T. Braslow 2011-07-26T15:43:29-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/07/working_through_lunch.html As an attorney, I frequently find myself working through my lunch or eating while I work. Generally, this is due to necessity because of deadlines approaching or because of a need to incessantly catch up on work from being out... Employment Law Derek T. Braslow 2011-07-15T17:04:18-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/06/hospitals_endagering_patients_1.html A recent NY Times article reports that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to find that some hospitals are unnecessarily performing double CT scans on patients' chests in order to increase the bill to the healthcare insurance providers.... Consumer Safety Derek T. Braslow 2011-06-18T16:08:12-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/06/cell_phones_declared_carcinogenic_hazard.html For years, industry and government groups in the U.S. have denied any cancer risk posed by the radiation that is transmitted by cell phones. Earlier this week, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World... Consumer Safety Derek T. Braslow 2011-06-01T10:24:24-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/05/independent_contractor_status_1.html In a precedent setting class action case, a court in Pennsylvania recently found that the owners and operators of the Split Rock Resort in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains had misclassified 259 salespersons as “independent contractors” and that those salespersons were entitled... Employment Law Derek T. Braslow 2011-05-06T12:03:21-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/04/protection_from_relatiation_ex_1.html In Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., the Supreme Court clarified the language contained within the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Act) that forbids employers “to discharge . . . any employee because such employee has filed any complaint”... Employment Law Derek T. Braslow 2011-04-29T12:17:08-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/04/nj_dept_of_labor_attempting_to.html A public hearing was held in Trenton, New Jersey on April 15, 2011 regarding a proposal to amend N.J.A.C. 12:56-6.1 and 12:56-7 with regard to exemptions from overtime compensation for executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees. The New Jersey... Employment Law Derek T. Braslow 2011-04-25T15:21:23-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/02/misclassification_of_independe_1.html I have written about this issue of misclassification in our firm's class action blog, but my firm's recent filing of a lawsuit on behalf of misclassified Allstate agents reminded me again of the significance of this issue. Millions of workers... Employment Law Derek T. Braslow 2011-02-08T17:23:01-05:00 http://www.classactionattorneysblog.com/2011/01/physicians_assistants_are_enti.html In a recent ruling against Crozer Chester Medical Center, U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno found that physician's assistants (PAs) are entitled to receiving overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA. The Judge disagreed with the... Class Action Derek T. Braslow 2011-01-21T11:22:01-05:00