Other Employment + Consumer

WARN Act

The Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification Act, known as the WARN Act, requires certain employers to give employees sixty days notice before engaging in a mass termination or business shutdown. Sprenger + Lang prosecutes class actions on behalf of groups of employees who lose their jobs as a part of a mass termination and do not receive the required notice.

Bley v. ClickShip Direct, Inc. - Closed

In Re: NordicTrack, Inc.; In re CML Group, Inc. - Closed

Breach of Contract and Fraud

Employees who have a written or verbal contract with their employer may bring class action lawsuits when an employer violates the terms of the contract. For example, in Romero, a large group of former employees claim that their terminations violate a contract prohibiting termination except for cause. Similarly, if an employer engages in fraud to the disadvantage of employees, class action litigation may be appropriate. In Maytag, Sprenger + Lang represented employees who sued their employer for shutting down a plant after fraudulently representing that the plant would stay open.

Bley v. ClickShip Direct, Inc. - Closed

Motley v. Homecomings Financial, LLC†- Open

Pfeiffer v. Department of Education†- Open

In Re: Maytag Corporation/Dixie Narco Plant Closing Litigation - Closed

Romero v. Allstate Insurance Co. (Romero I)†- Open

Consumer

Sprenger + Lang has used its class action expertise to address consumer abuses. These include cheating federal employees in home-purchase-guarantee contracts and insurance "redlining" based on race. Redlining occurs when insurance companies make it more difficult and more expensive for persons to purchase homeowners insurance because they live in neighborhoods identified as having a particular racial identity.

Miller v. The Meredith Relocation Corp. - Closed

Missouri Insurance Redlining Cases†- Open