Monday, 04 August 2014 16:50
Court Denies Motions To Dismiss Buffalo Bills Cheerleader Class Action Wage Theft Lawsuit
Written by Christopher Marlborough
The Buffalo Jills NFL cheerleaders’ class action lawsuit against Buffalo Bills, Inc. (the “Bills”), Citadel Communications Company, Ltd (“Citadel”) and Stephanie Mateczun, president of Stejon Productions Corp. (“Stejon”) will move forward after an Erie County judge dismissed in their entirety two motions to dismiss by the Bills and Citadel. The action was filed as a class action on April 22, 2014 and alleges that the Jills’ employers failed to pay them minimum wage and misclassified them as independent contractors. Defendant Bills filed a motion to be dismissed from the action, arguing that it was not the Jills’ employer because it…
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- Order on Motion to Dismiss (1203 Downloads)
- Bills Licensing and Broadcast Agreement Approved by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (1507 Downloads)
Tuesday, 22 April 2014 15:52
Former Buffalo Jills Cheerleader Fights Wage Theft
Written by Christopher Marlborough
UPDATED: MAY 9, 2014 You may have heard of the 2011 NFL lockout, when the owners of the 32 National Footbal League teams locked out the NFL players from team facilities and shut down league operations from March through July 2011 because they could not come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement with their union, the NFL Player's Association. Few, however, know the story of the 1995 and 2014 management lockouts of the Buffalo Bills cheerleading squad known as the Buffalo Jills. Since, 1967, the Buffalo Jills have been the official cheerleading squad for the Buffalo…
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- First Amended and Supplemental Class Action Complaint (1246 Downloads)
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