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COMPERE v. NUSRET MIAMI, LLC

No. 20-12422.

28 F.4th 1180 (2022)

Melissa COMPERE, Valdo Sulaj, Alvaro Betancourte, Alba Castilla, Slagjana Kovachevska, Aldalynne Aldana, Daniel Pacheco, Santos Rivera, William Cameron, Adam Jagoda, Alejandra Lavalle, Antonio Sciancalepore, Merve Budok, Arber Lukovic, Violeta Markovic, Tamas Czombos, Pablo Cano, Luis Luciano, Gordon Mack, Ronaldo Escalona, Odalys Burgos, Munevver Koc, Mehmet Baykara, Plaintiffs-appellants, Diego Vargas, Plaintiff, v. NUSRET MIAMI, LLC, d.b.a. Nusr-et Steakhouse, a Florida limited liability company, Nusret Gokce, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: March 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell Joseph Kuvin , Robert William Brock, II , Sundeep K. Mullick , Lowell J. Kuvin Law Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jonathan A. Beckerman , Christopher Taylor Perre , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miguel Morel , Littler Mendelson, PC, Miami, FL, Joelle C. Sharman , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Nusret Miami, LLC.

Jonathan A. Beckerman , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miguel Morel , Littler Mendelson, PC, Miami, FL, Joelle C. Sharman , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Nusret Gokce.

Before Branch, Grant, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.

Restaurants regularly add mandatory service charges or gratuities to customers' bills. This appeal is about whether such charges are "tips" under federal employment law, an issue of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit. If the mandatory service charges are tips, federal law would generally prohibit restaurants from using...

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