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July 09, 2025
Defunct Media Co. Ends WARN Act Suit With $4.5M Deal
A New York federal judge gave the official greenlight to a $4.5 million deal that resolves a suit from workers who claimed former digital media startup The Messenger ignored a federally mandated firing notice timeline when it laid off hundreds of workers and shut down.
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April 29, 2025
Defunct Media Co.'s $4.5M WARN Act Deal Gets Initial OK
Former digital media startup The Messenger will pay $4.5 million to 275 workers who claimed the company didn't respect the firing notice timeline federal law mandates, after a New York federal judge greenlighted the deal.
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April 25, 2025
Defunct Media Co. To Pay $4.5M In NY WARN Act Case
Former digital media startup The Messenger has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a class of 275 workers who claimed in New York federal court that the company didn't give them enough notice about its layoffs and shutdown, the parties said on Friday.
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February 14, 2025
Defunct Media Co. Agrees To Resolve WARN Act Class Action
Former digital media startup The Messenger has struck a deal to end a class action alleging it failed to give hundreds of workers enough notice about its impending layoffs and shutdown, the company told a New York federal court.
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December 18, 2024
Defunct Media Co. Staffers Nab Class Status In WARN Act Suit
Workers at former digital media startup The Messenger who allege they were unlawfully terminated without advance notice can proceed as a group with their lawsuit, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company's arguments about the size of its workforce didn't hinder class certification.
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April 12, 2024
Journalists Say WARN Act Claims Perfect For Class Cert.
Workers for the now-shuttered digital media startup The Messenger urged a New York federal judge Friday to certify a class of hundreds of staffers who were terminated with no advance notice in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, saying the law is suited for class wide proceedings.
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February 02, 2024
Journalist Says Media Startup Owed Warning Of Mass Layoff
Collapsed digital media startup The Messenger violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it recently terminated hundreds of staffers without warning, a former employee alleged in a proposed class action filed in New York federal court.