March 22, 2018
Outten & Golden LLP and Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP on Wednesday requested $6.36 million in fees and nearly $300,000 in costs as part of a $19.1 million settlement ending a wage class action against restaurant chain TGI Friday's Inc. in New York federal court.
October 27, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday granted preliminary approval to a revised $19.1 million settlement of a wage suit brought against restaurant chain TGI Friday's Inc. by a class of 28,000 tipped workers after the parties agreed to remove provisions that previously led the judge to kill the settlement.
September 29, 2017
TGI Friday's Inc. and a class of 28,000 tipped workers asked a New York federal judge on Thursday to approve a revised $19.1 million deal settling a wage suit after removing provisions that led her to kill the agreement last week.
September 22, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday rejected a proposed $19.1 million settlement between a putative class of 28,800 TGI Friday's tipped workers and the restaurant chain, saying it contains confidentiality and release provisions that could not “pass muster.”
September 19, 2017
Attorneys representing a putative class of 28,800 TGI Friday's tipped workers have struck a $19.1 million settlement with the restaurant chain and its former owners that would resolve claims alleging they violated multiple state and federal wage statutes, according to court documents filed in New York federal court.
May 25, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed New Jersey, Connecticut and Michigan state claims in a proposed wage-and-hour collective action against TGI Friday's, finding the statutes the workers sued under do not support their claims.
May 10, 2017
A New York federal judge on Tuesday tossed TGI Friday's bid to dismiss claims of workers in a wage-and-hour suit who failed to participate in the case's discovery process, but the judge said the restaurant chain may try again if the workers don't comply with her order to respond.
April 13, 2017
TGI Friday's tipped workers asked a New York federal judge on Wednesday to certify a class of employees seeking a determination that the restaurant chain and its former owner denied them proper wage and hour statements, saying that granting the request will move the litigation along and let the court decide common legal issues.
December 08, 2016
The former owner of the TGI Friday's restaurant chain asked a New York judge Wednesday to dismiss a summary judgment motion by wait staffers claiming they did not receive proper wage and tip statements, arguing the workers did get the information.
June 08, 2016
A New York federal judge on Tuesday largely permitted TGI Friday's workers in a wage-and-hour collective action to expand their suit, allowing additional allegations related to their claims under federal, New York and New Jersey law as well as under the wage laws of eight other states.