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High-Profile Employment Mediation

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Dualstar Entertainment Group resolved complex FLSA and New York Labor Law wage-and-hour claims at JAMS mediation on highly favorable, confidential terms.

Confidential

favorable terms at JAMS

Resolved
Confidential

The situation

High-exposure FLSA and New York Labor Law wage-and-hour claims were brought against Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and their company, Dualstar Entertainment Group, LLC.

The approach

The matter was steered into a JAMS mediation, keeping the factual record out of the public docket while the wage-and-hour analysis was completed.

The outcome

A highly favorable settlement on confidential terms.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each matter is different, and the results described here were achieved on the specific facts of those matters.

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