UPDATE 8/31/2011

On April 4, 2011, Outten & Golden filed suit against Howrey LLP to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees of Howrey LLP under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act. We contend Howrey LLP ordered mass layoffs on or about March 31, 2011 without providing the employees with advance written notice. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

On April 11, 2011, Howrey LLP was placed in involuntary bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California. Accordingly, on April 12, 2011, Outten & Golden filed its WARN class action suit in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California. On behalf of the named plaintiff, our firm was selected to be one of the seven creditors placed by the U.S. Trustee on the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the "Committee"). The Committee has met on almost a weekly basis and is deeply involved in efforts to maximize the prospects for a distribution to the creditors, in particular, the unsecured creditors, from the estate. The WARN suit is set for a status conference on September 23, 2011.

Generally, the WARN Act requires companies to provide their employees with 60 days written notice in advance of a mass layoff or plant closing. In the absence of such notice, employers may be liable to each affected employee for 60 days wages and benefits. To contact us regarding this matter, please call 1-877 4-OUTTEN and ask for Rene Roupinian or email her.

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