Judge OKs $167K Attorney Fee Award in FLSA Meal-Break Settlement

Judge OKs $167K Attorney Fee Award in FLSA Meal-Break Settlement

U.S. District Judge Maria A. Lanahan for the Eastern District of Missouri approved a $440,000 settlement resolving a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action brought by health care workers against Midwest Geriatric Management.       U.S. District Judge Maria A....
Democrats Press Trump’s 8th Circuit Pick on His Independence

Democrats Press Trump’s 8th Circuit Pick on His Independence

Justin Smith, an attorney at the boutique firm James Otis Law Group, represented Trump in his failed efforts to overturn a 2023 jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.       Justin Smith, an attorney at the boutique...