Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas recently reaffirmed the lenient standard courts utilize when deciding a motion for conditional certification of a collective action brought under the Age...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In New York v. Department of Labor, the U.S. District Court for The Southern District of New York recently invalidated large sections of the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule regarding paid sick time and paid...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In McKenzie Law Firm, P.A., et al. v. Ruby Receptionists, Inc., 18-CV-1921, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94299 (D. Or. May 29, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon lessened the standard for...more
6/9/2020
/ Absenteeism ,
Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Defense Strategies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
False Billing ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Private Communications ,
Unjust Enrichment
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Toomey v. Arizona, No. 19-CV-0035, 2020 WL 2465707 (D. Ariz. May 12, 2020), a Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona recommended the certification of class claims...more
5/20/2020
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Educational Institutions ,
Elective Surgical Procedures ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
FRCP 23(a) ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Typicality
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin recently cast doubt on employers’ ability to strike the class allegations in a complaint early in litigation. ...more
4/27/2020
/ Airline Employees ,
Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Delta Airlines ,
Design Defects ,
Discovery ,
Employment Litigation ,
Lands End ,
Motion To Strike ,
Negligence ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pleading Standards ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Uniforms
Seyfarth Synopsis: The State of New York has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent rule regarding paid sick time and paid family medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. New...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a first-of-its-kind ruling in Sandvig v. Barr, No. 16-1368, 2020 WL 1494065 (D.D.C. Mar. 27, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that private citizens investigating whether...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Rusis, et al. v. Int’l Bus. Machines Corp., No. 18 Civ. 8434, 2020 WL 1151322, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently declined to...more