New York Paralegal Blog

NEW YORK – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Everdry Marketing and Management has paid $471,096 in damages, plus $86,581 in post-judgment interest, to 13 victims of sexual harassment. The payout satisfies a judgment obtained by EEOC against Everdry in October 2006 following a four-week trial in Rochester, N.Y. (case # 01-CV-6329). The individual payouts range from about $24,000 to $56,000, including the interest, which covers the time the women had to wait to receive their jury awards. Everdry was required to pay the substantial interest after the ultimate resolution of the case was delayed by an appeal Everdry filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit challenging various aspects of the jury’s verdict and other district court rulings. The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury’s verdict and award of damages. Cleveland-based Everdry provides basement waterproofing services through various franchises. The case concerned a prolonged peri...

(openPR) - Teenage girl group Runway MMC are using innovative marketing techniques to separate themselves from other up and coming pop groups in order to propel their hit new single up the national pop charts. The single “Runway” was released by b.i.y.a.y.c.d.a. Inc. on September 16th 2008 exclusively via Apple’s iTunes Music Store (the recently named #1 music retailer in the world). The group Runway MMC has also released their own line of clothing with personal individual style that sets them apart from each other. appealing to teenage girls to stores across the US including 200 WET SEAL stores. As a result of the initial success of the clothing line, Apple iTunes and Runway MMC have structured national promotion whereby 25,000 customers of the Runway MMC clothing line will be able to download the group’s first single “Runway” for free through the iTunes Music Store. Runway MMC was formed when three multi ethnic young ladies started performing together in Los Angeles in 2007. Meghan ...