The Sixth Circuit will soon tell us whether it will follow the Fifth Circuit’s lead in Swales v. KLLM Transport Services LLC and adopt a more exacting, one-stage certification approach for Fair Labor Standards Act collective...more
In Edwards v. DoorDash, Inc., No. 17-20082 (5th Cir. Apr. 25, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its position that arbitrability of claims, including whether class or collective claims must be arbitrated...more
5/9/2018
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
Wage and Hour
A district court in the Eastern District of Louisiana refused to conditionally certify a class of employees who accused their employer of intentionally underpaying and reducing hours from time records to avoid paying overtime...more
A New York district court magistrate judge conditionally certified a class of past and current entry-level female sales representatives of Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under the Equal Pay Act....more
9/15/2015
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Disparate Impact ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FRCP 23 ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour