Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick and ACLU File Class Action Wage And Hour Complaint Against Fullerton Medical Equipment Manufacturer
September 2, 2010
 HSKRR, along with the ACLU, has filed a class action complaint against Terra Universal, a Fullerton, California based medical equipment manufacturer, alleging that the company deprived its employees, many of who were undocumented, of overtime, rest and meal breaks, and threatened the employees with deportation to keep them quiet. Randy Renick, an attormey representing tha plaintiff has said: "In all my years of practicing law I've never seen such a sophisticated and oppressive scheme to cheat employees of their wages. More coverage and news video here.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick File Class Action Case Against the LAX Hilton Hotel Alleging Living Wage Violations
June 18, 2010
 The case, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of approximately 150 current and former hotel workers alleges that the hotel cheated them out of legal wages required by the Airport Hospitality Enhancement Zone Ordinance, among other claims. The city ordinance was signed by the Mayor in 2007. The complaint seeks back pay for affected employees and a court injunction mandating that Hilton comply with the city living wage laws in the LAX Corridor area. Read the news coverage from the LA Times here. Read the LA Business Journal coverage here.
You can view the press release here.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick in Human Rights Case before the Ninth Circuit
June 15, 2010
 Arguments in the Appeal of an international case alleging human rights abuses under the Alien Tort Claims Act against oil giant Chevron Corporation took place before the Ninth Circuit this week. HSKRR, along with its co-counsel, presented their arguments to the court that the 2008 jury verdict absolving Chevron should be set aside due to flawed jury instructions. Read the news coverage here. More coverage here.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick 's Radhika Sainath has Authored an Article Concerning the Recent Conflict off the Coast of Gaza
June 3, 2010
 HSKRR's Radhika Sainath's article concerning the recent Israeli attack on a flotilla off the coast of the Gaza Strip has been published in the Electronic Intifada. Read the article here.
Link to the article on the Electronic Intifada site here.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick 's Cornelia Dai Quoted
May 17, 2010
 HSKRR's Cornelia Dai was quoted in a recent article concerning Federal and State governmental efforts to crackdown on employers' misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Read more.
HSKRR's Radhika Sainath Quoted while Observing Philippine Elections
May 11, 2010
HSKRR's Radhika Sainath was on location in the Philippines observing the recent elections. Civilians attempting to vote were subjected to widespread corruption and intimidation. Ms. Sainath was quoted in a widely read newspaper. Read more.
HSKRR's Dan Stormer and Anne Richardson Recently Returned from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
May , 2010
 HSKRR's Anne Richardson and Dan Stormer recently returned from Cuba as they work as part of a legal team seeking habeas corpus relief for a Guantánamo detainee. This marks HSKRR's fourth trip to the prison.
HSKRR's Randy Renick and Anne Richardson Win Class Certification Issue in the Ninth Circuit
March, 2010
March 2010: HSKRR’s Randy Renick and Anne Richardson prevailed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in UNITED STEEL v. CONOCOPHILLIPS . In a published decision, a unanimous panel reversed a lower court’s ruling, holding that the lower court improperly held that plaintiffs' "on duty" meal period in a wage and hour “on duty” meal period case could not meet class certification requirements. The case has been remanded back to the District Court.
Supreme Court to Hear Case Seeking to Halt Intrusive Background Checks at NASA's JPL Laboratory
March, 2010
 The U.S. Supreme Court has elected to review a federal appeals court's decision to grant a request by NASA scientists for a preliminary injunction to halt allegedly deep-reaching background checks on low-risk employees at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. HSKRR's Virginia Keeny and Dan Stormer are representing the scientists. Read more.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick 's Virginia Keeny Named Chairperson of CELA
September 15, 2009
 HSKRR is proud to announce that Virginia Keeny, a Partner at Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, has been named chairperson of the California Employment Lawyers Association. She recently served on the Executive Board at CELA and has been actively involved in the organization for over a decade. You can learn more about CELA here.
Dan Stormer Receives Prestigious Top 100 Honor
September 10, 2009
Dan Stormer, a founding Partner at Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, has recently been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California by the American Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Stormer has received this honor in the past as well as countless awards and recognition for his tireless advocacy on behalf of Civil Rights. You can view many of his awards here.
Long Beach Hyatt Sued By Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick For Wage And Hour Violations
September 14, 2009
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick currently represents a group of current and former employees of the Long Beach Hyatt Hotel. The employees allege that they were forced to start work before they clocked in, and coerced by management to work straight through their shifts without taking meal or rest breaks. The Plaintiffs, a group of Housekeepers, housemen, stewards, and other hotel employees, also allege that The Hyatt failed to pay them for all of their hours worked, failed to provide them and the Plaintiff Class meal and rest periods as required by the applicable California IWC Wage Orders, failed to pay them compensation required by the California Labor Code for missed meal and rest periods, and failed to comply with other legal requirements.
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Parking Facilities Operator Accused Of Statewide Wage Violations
September 9, 2009
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick currently represents a statewide class of current and former employees of ABM Industries and AMPCO System Parking. AMPCO operates 680 parking facilities in California. The locations range from small and large retail complexes to airports, and consist of anywhere from 10 to more than 10,000 parking stalls. AMPCO employs approximately 3,500 hourly employees at these locations, including valets, attendants, cashiers, and maintenance workers. The employees allege that management at AMPCO systematically failed to pay its employees overtime compensation required by California law. The Plaintiffs also allege that Ampco failed to pay them for all of their hours worked, including failure to pay overtime compensation, failed to provide them and the meal and rest periods as required by the applicable California IWC Wage Orders, failed to pay them compensation required by the California Labor Code for missed meal and rest periods, failed to pay the statutory minimum wage, failed to keep accurate records as required by law, failed to pay employees who resigned or were terminated the wages due to them at the time they left their employment with Defendants, and failed to comply with other legal requirements. The Plaintiffs were routinely denied the ability to leave their posts to take their legally required meal and rest breaks, and in many cases were denied the ability to even use the rest room. Plaintiffs further allege that when hourly employees of Ampco requested breaks, they were consistently instructed by their supervisors that rest and meal breaks were not permitted if customers needed assistance and no other employee was available to relieve them.
You can view the complaint here. Read more here.
HSKRR's Barbara Hadsell And Co-Counsel Settle Slumlord Case in Westlake Region of Los Angeles For $4.5 Million
September, 2009
Fifteen families recieved more than $4.5 million to settle a three-year-old habitability suit against the current and former landlords of an apartment building who allowed the property to fall into egregious disrepair. The $4.5 Million settlement reached was reached during mediation, and is one of the highest amounts paid to individual plaintiffs in a habitability suit in Los Angeles County history. Despite repeated complaints from the tenants and a multitude of citations by several government entities, the defendants failed to improve the conditions in the building, forcing tenants to live in horrible conditions. The lawsuit was first filed in July 2006, and is subject to a confidentiality clause that prohibits the firms from publicizing details including plaintiff and defendants names.
Recent Study Finds Low-Wage Workers Continue To Be Cheated
March 25, 2009
Despite the efforts of Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick and many other firms and government agencies, low income workers continue to suffer wage and hour violations at an alarming rate. A recent study concluded that even prior to the recent recession, as many as 68% of low-wage workers suffer wage and hour violations regularly. Many employers refuse overtime pay, require off-the-clock work, or prevent workers' compensation claims, among other violations. Violations are more predominate in apparel and textile manufacturing, personal and repair services, as well as in private households. The study’s authors indicated that stricter enforcement of labor laws is necessary, whether through government enforcement or private civil actions, and that the most effective method of preventing violations is the education of workers of their rights and access to legal resources and representation regardless of immigration status or the ability to read and write English.
View the New York Times article here.
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick Currently Litigating a Class Action Case Against Beauticians to the Stars
September 4, 2009
Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick currently represents employees in a class action lawsuit against Ziba Beauty Center, Inc. Ziba owns and operates twelve or more beauty salons in the greater Los Angeles area. The proposed class is made up of beauticians, threaders, and other employees who work in these salons. Ziba has many Hollywood stars among its clients.
Plaintiffs allege, among other things, that Ziba Beauty Center failed to properly calculate and pay their employees overtime compensation as required by the California Labor Code, failed to provide meal and rest periods, failed to pay compensation required by the California Labor Code for missed meal and rest periods, failed to pay employees who resigned or were terminated the wages due to them at the time they left their employment, failed to properly calculate and pay the minimum wage as required by the Labor Code, and failed keep accurate records as required by law. Virginia Keeny is lead cousel.
You can view the complaint here.
Victory for HSKRR! Court grants class certification. Read press release.
You can view a news report on the case here.
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