A Houston federal judge has ordered a Texas trio to pay more than $1.5 million in statutory damages to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP after finding that the group willfully stole the firm's name for its mediation business in 2022. Additionally, a Pa. restaurant group is required to pay over $400,000 in attorney fees following a jury verdict in favor of over 400 servers alleging tipped wage violations. In another case, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $594,274 in back wages for 63 employees of Teracom Inc. due to misclassification as independent contractors. Moreover, former Gibson Dunn partner Mark Perry won $140,678.18 in legal fees in a pay dispute with the firm.