MENKEN SIMPSON & ROZGER PREVAIL IN KEY PREVAILING WAGE CASE
In New York, where a public contractor does not pay the required prevailing wages, workers can bring lawsuits for those wages as “third party beneficiaries” of those public contracts. Workers can do this because the Labor Law requires public works contracts to say that prevailing wages must be paid. But what if that contract language […]
Bruce Menken and Scott Simpson Named Top 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
MSR is proud to announce that, for the third consecutive year, partners Scott Simpson and Bruce Menken were named to this year’s Lawdragon “500 Leading Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers” list. This guide highlights members of the legal profession who are at the top of their field, including lawyers who “make it their life’s work to stand […]
MSR in the News
Not only does MSR represent employees – from high level executives to those in the trades – the firm also represents Judges and Government employees. Retained by a female Peekskill, New York (City Court) Judge who was subjected to harassment and mistreatment by her colleague, Judge Reginald J. Johnson, MSR senior partner Bruce Menken traveled […]
A Major Appellate Victory for NJ Workers
On February 26, 2024, a New Jersey Appeals Court affirmed a lower court ruling that an arbitration clause which would have prevented our clients from pursuing their class action wage claims in Court is unenforceable and contrary to New Jersey public policy. The employers in this case used a New York choice of law clause—which […]
MSR’s $4.9m Home Attendant Wage Theft Settlement Approved
After 12 years of hard fought litigation, including a trip to the New York State Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court), MSR is thrilled to announce that the settlement in Andryeyeva v. New York Health Care, Inc., Index No. 14309/2011 (Kings County), was approved this morning by the Honorable Larry D. Martin, Justice of […]
MSR Files Wage Theft Suit On Behalf of Broadway Bartenders
Information about MSR’s lawsuit on behalf of Broadway Bartenders.