The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied conditional class action certification in a case involving a front of house (FOH) manager suing Outback Steakhouse for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor...more
12/5/2019
/ Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
As we previously reported, “predictive scheduling” is one of the most closely watched issues by retailers today. In April 2015, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman garnered national news headlines when he...more
The use of Rule 68 offers of judgment to moot the claims of plaintiffs in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action context has received much attention recently as the courts consider defendants’ use of this...more
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