Legal Update: A Victory for Gig Workers in New York
With COVID-19 keeping us indoors most of the time, demand for delivery services such as Instacart, DoorDash and GrubHub is booming—and delivery people are putting themselves and their families at great risk to feed our city. But many of the Internet-based delivery and “gig” companies cut costs by classifying their employees as independent contractors, which […]
Press Coverage Of Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Recently, the Washington Square News published an article about one of the firm’s cases, Malzberg v. New York University, 19-cv-10048 (JPO), which is pending in the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. Read more here. The case is being litigated by Partner Scott Simpson and Associate Raya Saksouk.
MSR Files ADA Lawsuit on Behalf of Disabled Veteran
Our firm has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Grant Fox, a disabled veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) stemming from his lengthy military service. Fox alleges that his rights were violated when his employer failed to provide him with a reasonable accommodate to his disability as required by […]