On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued significant pro-employer decisions in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures (Nos. 13-4478-cv, 13-4481-cv) (“Fox”) and Wang v. Hearst Corp. (No. 13-4480-cv) (“Hearst”)...more
7/28/2015
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Classification ,
Collective Actions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fox Searchlight Pictures ,
FRCP 23 ,
Hearst ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour
In February, two New York Federal District Court decisions joined other recent federal cases in enforcing arbitration agreements that preclude employees from bringing their Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims on a...more
3/11/2013
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Class Action ,
Collective Action Waivers ,
D.R. Horton ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
NLRA ,
NLRB
On December 4, 2012, Southern District of New York District Judge Barbara S. Jones, granted a motion to compel arbitration on an individual basis in a class and collective action brought pursuant to, among other things, the...more