On August 16, 2024, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on whether out-of-state plaintiffs must satisfy personal jurisdiction requirements to participate in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
9/3/2024
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Jurisdiction ,
Opt-In ,
Out-of-State Employees ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Split of Authority ,
Wage and Hour
On January 3, 2024, the defendant in Heppard v. Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation filed an interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, arguing that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...more
1/12/2024
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Collective Actions ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
FRCP 23 ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
On May 19, 2023, in Clark v. A&L Home Care and Training Center, LLC., the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the familiar two-step certification procedure in collective actions under the Fair Labor...more
On April 14, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Ellis, J.) declined to conditionally certify a collective of USA Today sports website editors, ruling that the familiar two-step Fair...more