Recently, courts across the country have given wide latitude to arbitration agreements, upholding those agreements even when the employee may have been tricked into signing the agreement. See McCumbee v. M Pizza, Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55466 (N.D. W.V. March 30, 2023).
On August 18, 2022, a Papa John’s employee filed suit against Apex Pizza Holdings LLC and the Heritage Partners’ Group, large franchise operators of Papa John’s stores. Apex Pizza Holdings, LLC and the Heritage Partners’ Group operate several Papa John’s in Colorado.
But with the prevalence and freedom working from home can bring, remote workers should be aware of their rights so they receive all the pay and benefits they are entitled to .
Biller & Kimble is proud to announce that a federal court in Dayton has approved a $1.5 million settlement to be shared by the delivery drivers who worked for five Dayton-area Jet’s Pizza stores from November 22, 2016 to August 31, 2020.
On June 21, 2022, a pizza delivery driver at a Pizza Hut in Bloomington, MN filed a class action lawsuit against his employer Ayvaz Pizza, LLC and former employer Muy Pizza-Tejas, LLC, for unpaid wages. This lawsuit is named Stotesbery v. Muy Pizza Tejas, LLC.
On July 27, 2022, a Domino’s Pizza employee filed suit against M Pizza, Inc. who operates several franchise Domino’s Pizza stores in in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The lawsuit is called McCumbee v. M Pizza, Inc., et al.
Biller & Kimble has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the current and former “technicians”—HVACs, plumbers, and electricians—who have worked at the Hunter Super Techs locations in Oklahoma and Texas.
On June 1, 2022, a former delivery driver filed suit against Team Washington, Inc., a large franchise operator of Domino’s Pizza Stores. The lawsuit is called Moody v. Team Washington, Inc.
Love it or hate it, crypto has been a wild ride so far. A Bitcoin used to be pennies. At one point, it was over $65,000 per Bitcoin. At the time of writing, it is under $30,000. How about Etherium? From around $100 just a few years ago to thousands of dollars. We’ve seen stable coins be not so stable and watched huge runups in “meme coins” like “ dog money ,” Dogecoin.
On March 31, 2021, a former delivery driver filed suit against Bam! Pizza Management, a large franchise operator of Domino’s Pizza stores. The lawsuit is called West v. Bam! Pizza Management.
Back in 1987, Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street asked, “ever wonder why fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500?” The S&P 500, by the way, is simply a list of 500 big companies’ stocks. Gekko answered, “because they’re sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.”