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It will be too late for Charles Walton, the ex-waiter at the Jenkintown Applebee's run by the Rose Group, a restaurant company in Newtown. Walton and others had sued, saying the Rose Group's payment procedures often meant they earned less than the minimum wage.

Rose Group countered, saying that Walton shouldn't be in court. It pointed to an arbitration agreement Walton signed when hired. District Judge Berle Schiller reluctantly agreed, writing, "Applebee's workers must chew on a distasteful dilemma - give up certain rights or give up the job. She filed a lawsuit accusing Roger Ailes, then Fox News chairman, of sexual harassment, which he denied.

Because she had signed an arbitration agreement, the court sent the case to arbitration. The dispute was settled Sept. Exotic dancer Melody Schofield's case is now before an arbitrator, 20 months after she filed her lawsuit. The potential class of exotic dancers in Schofield's case is relatively small, but in another case, on Sept. The court ruled that Uber drivers who sued as a class in a background-check case must arbitrate their disputes individually.

In Philadelphia, however, a small group of Uber Black limousine drivers found a way to pursue their class-action lawsuit. Their attorney, Jeremy Abay, explained: Uber often updates its ride-sharing app and when it does, it frequently also amends its driver agreements. This time, a driver noticed that Uber Black drivers could opt out of the arbitration agreements if they contacted the company within 30 days.

In Philadelphia, the drivers quickly spread the word and "we ended up getting drivers to opt out," Abay said. The lawsuit is part of a nationwide push from dancers looking to get back wages from strip clubs. Just this week, dancers in San Antonio filed suit.

One law firm is even advertising itself to potential defendants in strip club wage dispute cases. Follow dhm on Twitter. Lawsuit vs. Search for: Search. Schofield knows what it means to overcome obstacles. The year-old has suffered from Alcoholism throughout her life, and instead of allowing the disease to overcome her she instead took matters into her own hands and has been sober since August Will Philly native Melody Schofield become a Titan?

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