The Northern District of California recently renewed hope in a minor league baseball player class action wage dispute by granting the plaintiffs class certification after they narrowed the class. The court had previously...more
3/27/2017
/ Baseball ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Employment Litigation ,
FRCP 23 ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
MLB ,
Motion for Reconsideration ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Wage and Hour
The Sixth Circuit recently affirmed approval of a class action settlement agreement, holding that “a post-settlement change in the law does not alter the binding nature of the parties’ settlement agreement, nor does it...more
A New Jersey district court denied certification of a putative class of furniture delivery drivers and helpers employed by various transportation companies (the “Driver/Helpers”) and individuals who owned those transportation...more
3/30/2016
/ Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Corporate Counsel ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Williams-Sonoma
The Supreme Court recently granted Tyson Foods’ petition for certiorari which presents to the Court two important class action issues:
(1) Whether differences among individual class members may be ignored and a class...more
6/15/2015
/ Algorithms ,
Article III ,
Campbell Ewald v Gomez ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Comcast v. Behrend ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Due Process ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Protective Gear ,
Rules Enabling Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Trial-by-Formula ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
The Ninth Circuit held that a state court’s certification order, under which CAFA’s amount in controversy would be met, created a new basis for defendant to remove the case to federal court. The plaintiff had filed a putative...more
Through a pair of opinions issued the same day, the Ninth Circuit attempted to clarify the evidence required for a defendant to meet its burden of showing that the amount in controversy exceeds CAFA’s $5 million threshold...more