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On August 6, 2008, a federal judge authorized notice be sent to current and former managers security guards of Prominence Security Agency, Inc. to join a lawsuit in which the plaintiff alleges security guards employed by the company were worked in excess of 40 hours per week but not paid time and one-half overtime as the plaintiff alleges the [...]
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On July 2, 2008, a federal judge authorized notice be sent to current and former managers of Cici’s Pizza restaurants to provide them the opportunity to join a lawsuit in which the plaintiff alleges managers-in-training were worked in excess of 40 hours per week during the management training period but not paid time and one-half overtime [...]
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G. Scott Fiddler was recently named to H Texas Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list for 2008 in the field of Labor and Employment law. H Texas Magazine describes the ”Top Lawyers” recognition as reserved for the “top 2% of lawyers that have been voted and recognized as the best in Houston.” The 2008 list appears in the June 2008 [...]
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On April 1, 2008, G. Scott Fiddler spoke at the National Employment Lawyers Association–Houston Chapter luncheon. Mr. Fiddler was invited to discuss his recent $2.9 million jury verdict against Federal Express Corporation.
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On January 31, 2008, after a four-day jury trial in federal court, we obtained a unanimous verdict in favor of a former employee (Derosher Price) of Federal Express Corporation who was retaliated against after he complained about race discrmination and filed a lawsuit against the company. The jury found in Mr. Price’s favor on all [...]
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Today we filed a lawsuit in federal court against a group of companies operating Cici’s Pizza restaurants. The complaint alleges that Cici’s violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay its managers-in-training overtime pay during their training period. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a former manager and asks that notice be [...]
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G. Scott Fiddler has been named by Texas Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Texas for 2007. Texas Super Lawyers’ insert is featured in Texas Monthly magazine. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and the selection is made as a result of a rigorous multi-phase selection process [...]
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