LAWSUIT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawsuit by a former personal driver for U.S. President Donald Trump who has claimed that Trump’s company failed to pay him for thousands of hours of overtime has been moved from federal court to private arbitration, the man’s lawyer said on Thursday [8-30-18]. The man, Noel Cintron, claimed in his lawsuit last month the Trump Organization had not paid him for 3,300 hours of overtime in the previous six years. He filed a notice in Manhattan federal court on Thursday that he was dropping the lawsuit. Larry Hutcher, a lawyer for Cintron, said the dispute had been transferred to private arbitration but did not comment further. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company said in a statement last month that Cintron ‘was at all times paid generously and in accordance with the law.’ Trump was not a defendant in the lawsuit. Cintron’s lawsuit had claimed that the unpaid overtime totaled $178,000, at $54.09 per hour, and could have been higher but for a statute of limitations. Cintron sought damages that his lawyer said at the time could reach $400,000.”
–Brendan Pierson, “Longtime Trump driver’s overtime lawsuit moved to private arbitration,” Reuters, August 30, 2018 11:49 am