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Restaurants, Please Pay your Employees Correctly (or at Least Try!)

During the last ten years, various types of pay violations have become commonplace among the restaurant industry. Even major players like B&B Hospitality Group and the Altamarea Group failed to shake off these costly lawsuits. Unfortunately for restaurateurs, such infractions come with potentially devastating consequences. And, yes, in many instances, houses are lost, and personal assets are liquidated. That is

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2017-2018: Major Lessons Learned by Restaurateurs

New York City’s hospitality industry has changed dramatically over the last few years. Recently, we witnessed the banishment of Mario Batali and other well-known chefs/restaurateurs accused of sexual harassment. And we have seen an alarming rise in wage and hour lawsuits filed by pesky plaintiff attorneys intent on bankrupting many of those in the industry by securing large money judgments. 

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