Court freezes individual defendant’s assets in FLSA case
A federal District Court in Brooklyn has frozen the assets of an individual defendant in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim by employees of a youth serving and community development nonprofit. Default judgment had been entered against the corporate defendants when their unpaid counsel said they were “an empty entity with no directors, employees, properties, interests, etc.” But the case had not been dismissed against the former executive director. The plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order to freeze the assets of the executive, his wife, all entities over which they exercise control, all other defendants and the former counsel. But the Court concluded that...
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