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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]
13 Mar 2012, 1:03 pm
Posted by Greg MersolWe've commented before that employers defending collective actions under the FLSA generally fare far better on a motion to decertify than one for conditional certification, and a recent case reflects that fact. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 11:42 am
This February 6 Post from Greg Mersol discussing a recent federal court decision holding that the pleading standards articulated in Iqbal and Twombly do not apply to affirmative defenses in class actions. [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]
24 Jan 2012, 3:34 am
Posted by Greg MersolConfidentiality provisions in employment settlements are routine, but they can be problematic in the context of the settlement of a class or collective action. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 7:15 am
Posted by Greg MersolA great deal of intellectual energy has been spent on the issue of whether various employment arbitration agreements are enforceable, but the debate pretty much comes down to two camps. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 11:51 am
Posted by Greg MersolMaryland staffing corporation Aerotek Scientific, LLC (“Aerotek”), allegedly required its employees who worked at one of its call centers in California to arrive at work at least ten minutes before the beginning of their shifts to log into their computers and be at the ready to receive calls at the immediate start of their shifts. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 10:49 am
Posted by Greg MersolAs we have commented before, there are no class actions per se under the Fair Labor Standards Act. [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]
2 Nov 2011, 3:51 pm
- New Jersey lawyer Eric Solotoff of Fox Rothschild on the firm's NJ Family Legal Blog Hawaiian Court Finds That Employees Were Not Entitled To Resort Service Charges - Cleveland lawyer Greg Mersol of Baker Hostetler on the firm's Employment Class Action Blog 7 Tips For Hiring the Right Investment Banker - Toronto attorney Robert Hansen of McCarthy Tétrault on the firm's blog, Canadian M&A Perspectives Could the… [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 2:39 pm
Posted by Greg MersolThe enforcement of arbitration agreements in the employment context has been maddeningly inconsistent, with different jurisdictions creating their own requirements and rules that might render such an agreement unenforceable. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:41 pm
Posted by Greg MersolCalifornia has been the focus of numerous class action wage and hour suits involving retail managers and assistant managers. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 1:33 pm
Posted by Greg MersolA recent decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois contains three important lessons for employment class action litigation. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 5:31 pm
Cleveland Partner Greg Mersol and Summer Associate George Skupski contributed an entry examining the application of Daubert standards to expert testimony at the class certification stage in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 4:55 pm
Good, because another one just came down the pipe, with Greg Mersol detailing Wang v. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 2:57 pm
Posted by Greg MersolWant to read tea leaves? [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]
25 Aug 2011, 2:31 pm
Posted by Greg MersolWe've commented before (April 20, 2011) on recent cases in which the EEOC was sanctioned for bringing and pursuing expensive, class-wide litigation without much evidence. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 9:04 am
- Idaho lawyer John Kormanik of Kormanik Hallam & Sneed of the firm's blog Nursing Home Abuse Blog Updates on Asset Limit Reform - Chicago attorney Karen Davis of the Shriver Center on the firm's blog The Shriver Brief Louboutin in Danger of Losing the Red-Soled Trademark - Minnesota law clerk Catlan McCurdy of Winthrop & Weinstine on Duets Blog Court Dismisses EEOC Suit Alleging Class-Wide Pregnancy Bias - Cleveland lawyer Greg… [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 9:15 pm
Posted by Greg MersolOf all the potential reasons to deny certification under Rule 23(a) (numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of representation), probably the least commonly used is that of adequacy of representation. [read post]
