September 08, 2025
A former exotic dancer for an Illinois club cannot snag a partial win in a lawsuit claiming she and her coworkers were misclassified as independent contractors and faced illegal kickbacks, a federal judge ruled Monday, saying she "put the cart before the horse."
August 12, 2024
Default judgment should be entered against a strip club because it has failed to properly respond to a class action accusing it of misclassifying exotic dancers as independent contractors and has destroyed key evidence to boot, a former worker told an Illinois federal court Monday.
June 07, 2024
An Illinois federal judge has certified a class of exotic dancers who claim they were misclassified as independent contractors and compensated only in tips from customers and not in wages as employees, in violation of federal and state labor laws.