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Per curiam, the circuit finds the district court properly rendered judgment against a donut shop. The Cambodian immigrant's employment was allegedly in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, involving forced labor. Sufficient evidence shows the immigrant worked long hours for very low pay over a period of years, while being threatened with deportation. Sanctions were properly imposed on the immigrant's counsel for discovery violations and for filing fraudulent abstracts of judgment. Affirmed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: April 17, 2024, Case #: 22-40383, Categories: Immigration, sanctions, labor
J. Langhorne Wilson finds that the trial court properly rejected an ambulance employee's argument against the retroactive application of a statute requiring emergency ambulance workers to remain on call during rest breaks. The retroactivity of the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act was confirmed by the state supreme court and the constitutionality of retroactive application was confirmed by an appeals court. Also, the trial court was within its discretion to impose a $2,000 sanction against the employee's lawyer, whose argument lacked legal merit. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Langhorne Wilson, Filed On: April 4, 2024, Case #: A167098, Categories: sanctions, labor
J. Sessions sustained and overruled, in part, an industrial acquisition and a bakery investment companies’ objection to fees and costs submissions brought by a class of workers’ regarding labor law violations. The attorneys sought higher than normal hourly fees and number of hours typically approved by the court and the fees shall be reduced. The parties’ statements are very vague for the fees and cost but shall submit a more in-depth revised statement within 30 days.
Court: USDC Vermont, Judge: Sessions, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv120, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: sanctions, Attorney Fees, labor
J. Friske dismisses the apparel manufacturing and wholesale distribution business's complaint that Nordstrom canceled purchase orders with the business because Nordstrom believed that it violated the forced labor provisions of their agreement in regards to a factory in Southeast Asia. A plain reading of the contract shows that Nordstrom had the power to refuse delivery if it had a reason to believe that the business utilized any involuntary labor, engaged with a sanctioned person or territory, or produced and processed merchandise that violated the contract standards.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Friske, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1754, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: sanctions, Contract, labor
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