With a few casual sentences, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has called into question the standards used by most district courts for the past three decades to certify collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
3/1/2013 - Class Action Decertify FLSA Rule 23 Wage and Hour
In a prior post, we wrote about a recent decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals enforcing a private settlement agreement that released claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), even though the agreement did...more
12/17/2012 - DOL FLSA Settlement Split of Authority
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently enforced an agreement settling claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), even though the settling parties never received approval from the district court, and the agreement...more
8/7/2012 - DOL FLSA Settlement
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