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Chris Brown

Chris Brown

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP


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Party Foul! NLRB Orders Reinstatement and Back Pay for Party Bus Guide After Finding Facebook Postings Amount To Protected Union...

Providing yet another example of how online social networking can amount to protected conduct under the National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB ruled earlier this month in New York Party Shuttle, LLC and Fred Pflantzer, CN:...more

5/16/2013 - Back Pay Facebook NLRA NLRB Protected Concerted Activity Social Media Unions

Put up your Dukes! Supreme Court Clarifies that Damages Must be Capable of Class Wide Resolution in Rule 23(b)(3) Class Actions...

The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864 (March 27, 2013) reinforces class certification requirements as spelled out in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. However, the closely divided court...more

4/3/2013 - Class Action Class Certification Comcast Comcast v. Behrend Damages Dukes v Wal-Mart Rule 23 SCOTUS

Fifth Circuit to Consider In Re D.R. Horton in Light of Recent Court of Appeals Decision Striking Down Recess Appointments to NLRB

A recent D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down several recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has cast doubt over one of the NLRB’s most controversial decisions from 2012....more

2/6/2013 - Barack Obama Canning v NLRB D.R. Horton NLRB Pro Forma Sessions Recess Appointments

Class Certification Denied: California Court of Appeals Holds That Reliance Upon Legal, Companywide Policies Is Insufficient to...

On October 10, 2012, a California Court of Appeal held that a wage and hour class action could not be certified where the common company-wide policy at issue did not answer the “central liability” question of the case....more

11/28/2012 - Class Action Class Certification Wage and Hour

California Computer Software Employee Overtime Exemption Rate to Increase 2.6% on January 1

The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) released its 2013 hourly rate and minimum salary requirement adjustment for exempt computer software employees. Beginning January 1, 2013, the minimum hourly rate of pay...more

11/13/2012

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