When sending a disbursement for a settlement in a class action, mass tort, or bankruptcy cases, parties often feel that control is now out of their hands and there is nothing more to do than wait for checks to be negotiated....more
On September 3, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld certification of a class of approximately 800 nonexempt insurance claims adjusters who claimed they worked overtime without compensation despite the...more
In a number of cases, the plaintiffs’ strategy in collective active litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act may fall into a familiar pattern: file the case, do minimal discovery, move for conditional certification under...more