By April Xu, DOCUMENTED The New York City Department of Education has agreed to pay over $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed in 2019 by Legal Services NYC that claimed the DOE did not provide sufficient language access services to four immigrant parents with limited English proficiency. Each of the four families involved in the case will […]
Editorial credit: Proxima Studio / Shutterstock.com By Amir Khafagy | Documented The claim process for Uber and Lyft drivers to receive their portion of the back pay settlement began on March 7. Following the New York State Attorney General’s investigation on wage theft, on November 2, Uber and Lyft agreed to a $328 million settlement on wage […]
SEATTLE, WA – On Friday, a federal judge in Seattle issued an order approving a settlement agreement providing protections for detained asylum seekers who face prolonged delays before being screened to apply for protection from persecution and torture. The parties submitted the proposed settlement agreement following over five years of litigation. Judge Marsha Pechman approved the […]