New York, NY
Employment and labor Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Expungement Recommended
Expungement granted for registered representative. Panel recommended Form U5 be changed from "discharged" to "voluntary" and that the termination explanation appear blank. The Panel also recommended Qu ... estions 7B and &F(1) be changed from Yes to No and the accompanying Disclosure Reporting Pages be deleted in their entirety.
OUTCOME: Pending
A Brooklyn man is alleging that Banana Boat Kids sunscreen is incorrectly labeled, with nowhere near the SPF protection it shows. Plaintiff purchased Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 for his daughter and was co ... ncerned after Consumer Reports reported that 28 of 60 sunscreens tested had lower SPF protection than they claimed on the labels. Plaintiff sent his bottle of sunscreen for testing which revealed an SPF level of just 12.
OUTCOME: Expungement Granted
A FINRA arbitration panel awarded expungement to a former associated person of J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC after five (5) day hearing, vindicating the former employee that was falsely accused of miscon ... duct.
OUTCOME: Resolved
City Island's Lobster Box was sued for wage violations and gender discrimination
OUTCOME: Expungement
Brittany Weiner successfully represented a FINRA broker that requested expungement of customer complaints from FINRA's CRD and his Form U5. After a hearing, the arbitrator granted the request for expun ... gement and removed the customer complaints.
OUTCOME: Unanimous jury verdict
The case, Jaime Urtubia, et al. v. B.A. Victory Corp., et al., Index No. 11-cv-2901, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. After a four day trial, the eight person ... jury unanimously returned a verdict in favor of three former Buenos Aires waiters who had worked at the restaurant between 2009 and 2011. Pursuant to federal law, the jury awarded plaintiffs back wages for overtime and minimum wage violations, and awarded 100% (double) liquidated damages in addition to the back wages. Pursuant to their New York Labor Law claims, plaintiffs recovered withheld tips, spread-of-hours pay (the failure to pay an extra hour of pay on days in which employees worked more than ten hours) and 25% liquidated damages. In addition to the back wages and liquidated damages which will be paid to the plaintiffs, the defendants are liable for the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs.
OUTCOME: Appeal reversed hearing judge's decision; Award for our client
Brittany Weiner wins appeal of hearing judge’s decision in favor of the Department of Labor which initially determined that the firm’s client made willful misrepresentations and was required to repay $ ... 21,500
OUTCOME: Hearing award in favor of Brittany Weiner's client
Brittany Weiner wins hearing on behalf of former employee of software development company; Judge rules that employer’s attempt to classify employee as an independent contractor was improper.
OUTCOME: Hearing award in favor of Brittany Weiner's client
Brittany Weiner, Esq. successfully appealed an adverse hearing decision issued in favor of former New York City Transit Authority employee. The judge concluded that the former employee did not lose his ... job due to misconduct.
OUTCOME: Expungement Granted
Imbesi Christensen files $750,000 FINRA arbitration against J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC; Request for FINRA expungement
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