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16 Jun 2011, 2:00 am
Posted by Greg MersolIt has been a good few weeks for employers in the satellite dish industry. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 8:35 am
Posted by Greg MersolIt has been less than a year since the United States Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility v. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 10:14 am
Posted by Greg MersolA recent case from the Eastern District of New York reflects that race discrimination class actions can be brought, and also reflects the type of claim which will likely still survive in the wake of last week's Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 2:29 pm
Posted by Greg MersolThe battle between California courts and the U.S. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 2:57 pm
Posted by Greg MersolWant to read tea leaves? [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 3:00 am
Posted by Greg MersolOn February 22, 2012, the Eighth Circuit handed the EEOC a major defeat in a putative class-wide sexual harassment case it had brought against a trucking company. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 5:08 pm
Posted by Greg MersolThe United States Supreme Court held on June 16, 2011 that a federal court could not enjoin a state court from considering certification of a class unless it had previously denied certification under essentially the same standard AND the cases have the same parties. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 2:00 pm
Posted by Greg MersolDon't let the facts get in the way of a good story . . . unless you are a governmental agency entrusted to follow the law and you are bringing an expensive class-wide case. [read post]
23 May 2011, 1:49 pm
Posted by Greg MersolAs we have commented before in this blog, courts considering certification of collective actions under the FLSA often use the two-step procedure generally attributed to the court in Lusardi v. [read post]
4 May 2011, 11:00 am
Posted by Greg MersolOn April 14, 2011, the Seventh Circuit issued an important decision regarding removal under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 6:09 am
Posted by Greg MersolMany employees, particularly professionals or paraprofessionals, prefer not to be bothered with “punching” in and out for their shifts or, more particularly, when they take a meal or a simple 15-minute break. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 11:10 am
Posted by Greg MersolThe Seventh Circuit has now issued a decision relating to the application of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 1:58 pm
Posted by Greg MersolThose familiar with FLSA and ADEA collective action litigation are well familiar with the judicially created two-step process used by most courts. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 2:31 pm
Posted by Greg MersolThe Supreme Court has now held that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. section 2, preempts state laws that would condition arbitration agreements on the availability of class action arbitration procedures. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 1:45 pm
Posted by Greg MersolIf there was a case that might indicate what the Ninth Circuit would do in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 10:19 am
Posted by Greg MersolFashion icon Mark Twain once said, “Clothes make the man. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 10:06 am
Posted by Greg MersolWhen the much anticipated decision is Wal-Mart Stores Inc v Dukes.pdf was announced (see our post analyzing of the decision), many commentators, us included, believed it would significantly change the landscape of employment class actions. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 1:26 pm
Posted by Greg MersolWhat a difference a year or two can make in class action litigation. [read post]
17 Sep 2012, 3:00 pm
Posted by Greg MersolIn 46 states within the U.S., a collective bargaining agreement, and the obligations it contains, expires on its expiration date. [read post]
3 Oct 2012, 10:00 am
Posted by Greg MersolConsistent with a trend that started roughly four years ago, a California District Court has refused to certify a class of retail store managers seeking overtime pay under California law on the grounds that individual issues would necessarily predominate. [read post]
