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$500,000 recovered for employees of Target Optical and Sears Optical. Orange County Superior Court.

$500,000 recovered for employees of Talent Tree staffing company. Los Angeles Superior Court.

$840,000 recovered for employees of Vitamin Shoppe Hourly employees of the Vitamin Shoppe in California hired the Spencer Law Firm to represent them in a class action to recover unpaid meal and rest period compensation. The case was extensively litigated over several years. The case settled for $840,000. Orange County Superior Court.

$980,000 recovered for employees of 3M Hourly workers at 3M Company’s Ontario Warehouse hired The Spencer Law Firm to recover unpaid meal and rest period compensation. The case alleged that 3M systematically required the employees to work more than 5 hours before they were provided meal periods. The case settled for $980,000 and 3M changed its meal period practices so that the employees received timely meal periods. San Bernardino Superior Court.

$1,500,000 recovered for employees of a major retailer of health products. Employees hired the Spencer Law Firm to represent them in a class action to recover unpaid meal and rest period compensation. The case was extensively litigated over several years. The case settled for $1,500,000. Alameda Superior Court.

$2,000,000. Hourly employees of a major national bank hired the Spencer Law Firm to represent them in a class action to recover unpaid meal and rest period compensation and unpaid wages. The case was extensively litigated over several years. After the Court granted a contested Motion for Class Certification the Spencer Law Firm negotiated a $2,000,000 settlement on behalf of the employees. Orange County Superior Court.

$3,000,000 recovered for employees of EZ Lube Employees of EZ Lube employed in non-salary positions hired The Spencer Law Firm to represent them in a class action against EZ Lube to force it to allow them to take meal and rest breaks, pay meal and rest period compensation and to pay for off the clock work. The case was settled for $3 Million dollars. Orange County Superior Court.

$4,600,000 recovered for employees of GNC The Spencer Law Firm was retained by GNC employees to prosecute a class action against GNC to recover unpaid overtime compensation and meal and rest period compensation. The case was settled for $4.6 Million dollars with some class members receiving in excess of $15,000. As the result of the lawsuit GNC reclassified Store Managers and Senior Store Managers as non-exempt and entitled to overtime compensation.

Orange County Superior Court.

$10,000,000 recovered for employees of Lenscrafters. California Employees of Lenscrafters retained The Spencer Law Firm to represent them in a class action against Lenscrafters alleging a statewide practice of failing to provide meal and rest breaks and pay overtime compensation to its California employees. The case was aggressively litigated and involved a successful motion to remand the case from Federal Court to State Court and a published opinion by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Babasa v. Lenscrafters (9th Cir. 2007) 498 F.3d 972. The case was settled for $10 Million dollars. Orange County Superior Court.