Copy-Olsen twins' company could pay up to $140K to former interns

The company owned by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen may settle a lawsuit by paying up to $140,000 to a group of interns who claim they did the work of employees without payment.

News 12 Staff

Mar 9, 2017, 6:14 PM

Updated 2,611 days ago

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Copy-Olsen twins' company could pay up to $140K to former interns
NEW YORK (AP) - The company owned by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen may settle a lawsuit by paying up to $140,000 to a group of interns who claim they did the work of employees without payment.
Under the proposed settlement filed last week in a New York court by attorneys for a former intern, each of the 185 members of the class-action lawsuit would receive $530 for the work they performed at the twins' Dualstar Entertainment Group.
The settlement would have to be approved by a judge.
The filing says Dualstar doesn't oppose the settlement. Dualstar is the parent company of the twins' fashion brand, The Row. The Row didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The 30-year-old twins founded Dualstar when they were 6 and starring on the sitcom "Full House."
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