In Leagle
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Judge Frederic Block of the Eastern District of New York held that five former grocery store employees represented by V&A could proceed with their individual claims which were tolled from the date of the filing of the class action complaint.

"After the Court denied plaintiff's motion for class certification, see Enriquez v. Cherry Hill Market Corp., 993 F.Supp.2d 229 (E.D.N.Y. 2013), Magistrate Judge Go directed his counsel to identify any members of the putative class who wished to pursue claims on their own behalf; plaintiff's counsel submitted a list of four names: Javier Roman, Pascual Ajpacaja, Santiago Godinez and Roslin Chavajay."
In Law360
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V&A files action against Oscar De La Renta LLC on behalf of unpaid interns

"Oscar de la Renta LLC on Wednesday became the latest fashion label to be hit with a proposed class action in New York by unpaid interns who claim the company wrongly classified them as exempt from receiving minimum wage payments."

V&A wins a jury trial in a Fair Labor Standards Act case, recovering unpaid overtime for a restaurant worker.

"Judge Caproni issues a decision stating that the firm did an “admirable job” in a case “that was difficult to litigate.”"
In Newsweek
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V&A speaks to Newsweek on the rights of unpaid interns to collect potential wages.

"Kyle Grant was still living in a Bronx homeless shelter when he started interning at Warner Music Group (WMG) in August 2012. The gig was unpaid, and he couldn’t afford an apartment of his own after moving out of his girlfriend’s mother’s house, but he took it anyway."
In Newsweek
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V&A speaks to Newsweek about class action against Clear Channel on behalf of unpaid interns

"A former intern for Clear Channel Communications has filed a suit against the massive radio broadcasting company in federal court, alleging that she performed the job of a paid employee in her unpaid internship and should have been compensated as such."
In Law360
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V&A files action against Coach Inc. on behalf of unpaid interns

"A former employee hit Coach Inc. with a proposed class action in New York state court on Tuesday for allegedly misclassifying employees as unpaid interns and failing to pay them minimum wage, making Coach the latest in a growing number of companies to be hit with such allegations."
In Law360
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V&A files action against Universal Music Group Inc. on behalf of unpaid interns

"A former unpaid intern for Def Jam Recordings and Motown Records hit the labels’ parent company, Universal Music Group Inc., with a putative collective action in New York federal court on Wednesday, accusing the music giant of illegally failing to pay its interns minimum wage."
In Law360
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V&A files action against Arnold Worldwide LLC on behalf of unpaid interns

"A former intern for Arnold Worldwide LLC filed a putative class action in New York state court on Monday against the advertising agency, alleging it broke state labor laws when it refused to pay interns but had them perform the work of regular employees."

V&A wins summary judgment for 2000 underpaid workers

"Workers who made food for NYC schools and homeless shelters and were not paid prevailing wages."
In The Monitors
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V&A speaks to The Monitors about the status of unpaid internships and the litigation against companies such as Warner Music Group and Atlantic Records.

"The internship: the pain of many post-graduates, and the basis of a two hour advert for Google masquerading as a film. Whatever the context, the subject always seems to be met with a slight, “oh well, that’s the way it works, so you know, deal with it…” attitude. That approach changed in the UK slightly last year as new legislation was brought in to criminalise unpaid work, but the issue has picked up considerable steam again recently with the news that up to 3,000 ex-interns might file lawsuits against Warner Music."

V&A gets collective action certified in a case involving 3,000 unpaid interns.

"Interns who worked at Warner Music Group Corp. and Atlantic Recording Corp."
In Huffington Post
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V&A represents former unpaid intern in case against Sirius XM alleging she should have been paid for work she performed.

"A former intern for The Howard Stern Show has sued the radio personality's broadcaster, Sirius XM Radio, claiming that the company's unpaid internship program violates labor law."