“I wanted to stand up for people who are in a position that makes it difficult to stand up for themselves.” The July 2013 suit, filed against the Fantasy Gentlemen’s Club in Grand Junction for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Colorado Minimum Wage Act, resulted in a settlement award of $500,000 for 12 individuals earlier this year. The case is one of four nominated for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s “Case of the Year.
In November, Midori Nishida attempted to fly from Hong Kong to Saipan (a U.S. territory) where she’d grown up and visited regularly since. She was shocked when airline staff told her she would be required to take a pregnancy test before boarding.
