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Wage and Hour Unclean Hands

Epstein Becker & Green

Plaintiffs in California Putative Class Action Lose Numerous Challenges to Enforcing Arbitration, Barring Unclean Hands

In Elijah Baer, et al. v. Tesla Motors, Inc., fifteen plaintiffs filed a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) representative action lawsuit against Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) alleging wage-hour violations of...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Supervisor’s Knowledge of Unreported Overtime May Lead to Liability Under the FLSA

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay nonexempt employees at least one-and-one-half times the employees’ regular hourly wage for every hour worked in excess of 40 hours in one week. Courts regularly...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Equitable Defenses Do Not Apply to FLSA Overtime Claim

Defendants sometimes assert “equitable” defenses to legal claims brought against them. In some situations, courts have the discretion to bar claims by plaintiffs whose “unclean hands” or other actions make recovery manifestly...more

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