Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 22, 2019, in Maderazo v. VHS San Antonio Partners, L.P., C.A. No. 06-CV-535, a case alleging that hospitals in San Antonio conspired to suppress nurses’ wages that had been pending for nearly 13...more
1/30/2019
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conspiracies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Nurses ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing ,
Wages
Seyfarth Synopsis: There are currently pending at least four class actions claiming that provisions contained in franchise agreements prohibiting the hiring of employees of other intrabrand franchisees without the consent of...more
4/13/2018
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
No-Hire/No-Solicitation Agreements ,
Pending Litigation ,
Pizza Hut ,
Sherman Act ,
Single Entity Rule
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 1, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina entered an order granting in part, and denying in part, the plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a no-hire...more
2/14/2018
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Faculty ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
No-Hire/No-Solicitation Agreements ,
Predominance Requirement
According to an ESPN analyst, the PGA Tour “treats its caddies like outside dogs.” In apparent sympathy with the caddies’ plight, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California cited...more
A 2009 Department of Justice (“DOJ”) investigation of the employment and recruitment practices of a number of Silicon Valley technology companies resulted in DOJ lawsuits against seven companies, followed by consent decrees...more
2/12/2016
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Just Compensation ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Oracle ,
Popular ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Wage and Hour