Gary Siniscalco

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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Fool’s Gold: Second Circuit Vacates Order Affirming Arbitrator’s Certification of Class of Jewelry Store Workers Including Absent...

On July 24, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a federal district court’s approval for a class of roughly 69,000 women claiming that Sterling Jewelers, Inc. (“Sterling”) discriminated against them based on...more

8/21/2017 / Arbitration , Class Action , Gender-Based Pay Discrimination , Job Promotions , Sex Discrimination

Post-Tyson Foods: No, The Sky Is Not Falling

This past March, we blogged about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 136 S. Ct. 1036 (2016), a case in which the plaintiffs alleged that Tyson Foods improperly denied compensation for time...more

10/18/2016 / Class Action , Doffing , Donning , Dukes v Wal-Mart , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Statistical Sampling , Tyson Foods , Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo , Wage and Hour

Swinging for the Fences: Minor Leaguers Continue Suit Alleging They Were Paid Peanuts By The MLB

Baseball season is well underway as fans fill themselves up on hot dogs and beers, don their rally caps for some late-inning luck, and cheer for their favorite players. Meanwhile, a class action against Major League Baseball...more

6/10/2015 / Athletes , Baseball , Class Action , Employer Liability Issues , MLB , Wage and Hour

Put up your Dukes! Supreme Court Clarifies that Damages Must be Capable of Class Wide Resolution in Rule 23(b)(3) Class Actions...

The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864 (March 27, 2013) reinforces class certification requirements as spelled out in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. However, the closely divided court...more

4/3/2013 / Class Action , Class Certification , Comcast , Comcast v. Behrend , Damages , Dukes v Wal-Mart , FRCP 23 , SCOTUS

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