Posts in Independent Contractors

Jun 08 Taxi Driver Wins Disability Discrimination Case

On April 16, 2013, the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a decision in favor of a taxicab driver in the ...

Aug 31 Russ Riggan Quoted in News Story About Class Action Lawsuit Against GOP Candidate for Missouri House of Representatives

On August 31, 2012, the Southeast Missourian, a newspaper based in Southeast Missouri, published an article about a class action ...

Aug 27 Court Allows Cable Installer Class/Collective Action Wage Lawsuit Filed by Riggan Law Firm To Proceed

On November 21, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, working in connection with The Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley, filed a ...

Dec 20 What's Cooking at Bimbo Bakeries: Wage and Hour Violations?

On November 28, 2011, an Illinois federal judge denied Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution Inc.'s ("BF") attempt to dismiss or ...

Nov 22 Riggan Law Firm Files Overtime Lawsuit on Behalf of Cable Installers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

On November 21, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with the Law Offices of Kevin J. ...

Oct 19 Misclassified Exotic Dancers Not Stripped of FLSA Rights

A group of exotic dancers prevailed in federal court this month when a Judge in Georgia ruled that the dancers are "employees" ...