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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) gives employees powerful tools to recover unpaid minimum wages and overtime from their employers.  Not only can employees sue for double damages, plus attorneys’ fees, but they can sue owners personally and bring their claims as “collective actions” that notify other employees of the claims and enable them to join the lawsuit.  In Genesis Systems Corp. v. Symczyk, No. 11–1059 (Apr. 16, 2013), the United States Supreme Court ruled…

A driver for Shuttle Express, the popular transportation service for passengers going in and out of the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, sought to bring a collective action against the Company alleging violation of the Federal Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  Relying on the Supreme Court’s April 2011 holding in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, the Fourth Circuit foreclosed the driver’s federal lawsuit and compelled arbitration because he signed an arbitration clause in which he waived his right

Arlington Police report the arrest of Kareem Jorif on April 5, 2013 at the Virginia Hospital Center. A verbal altercation escalated.  Jorif then pulled a meat cleaver from his waistband, struck the door with it several times, and then threw the knife into the room at the occupants. No one was hurt, but Jorif was charged with 5 counts of Attempted Malicious Wounding.  His Preliminary Hearing is set for May 7. Here are the elements

Kareem Barlow was convicted of Possession of a Firearm as a Convicted Felon in Newport News, Virginia.  On appeal his criminal lawyers argued that the “gun” in his possession was not really a gun.  It had no barrel and was in an rusty and poor condition.  It could not shoot a bullet. (Actual operability of the gun is not a factor for a conviction of this crime; the question was ‘when does a gun stop being

Arlington Police report that four men were arrested and charged with Malicious Wounding on April 6, 2013.  The men were allegedly involved in a fight wherein a fifth man was stabbed 7 times in his torso, upper body, groin, and thigh area.  The fight was reported to have occurred in front of Union Jack restaurant in the Ballston Commons Mall around midnight. The accused are David Bhatti, Heber Amaya-Gallo, Gustavo Lopez, and Naveed Mughal.  This