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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Frying the Certification: Fourth Circuit Turns Up the Heat, Reversing Class Certification Decision for Bojangles Shift Managers In...

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Class Certification Recipe Needs More Flavor: The Fourth Circuit tossed out a class certification order for Bojangles’ shift managers, citing a high level of generality in identifying common policies and overly broad class...more

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Sixth Circuit Asked to Resolve District Court Split on Ohio Class and Collective Action Rules

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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

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10th Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Claimed Off-the-Clock Case

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Court also holds that arbitrability questions must be resolved by the arbitrator - The 10th Circuit has decided two significant issues in an otherwise garden-variety off-the-clock case, one relating to arbitration and the...more

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Massachusetts District Court Denies Certification for Claims of Unpaid Meal Breaks

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It has become almost part of the plaintiff playbook to bring wage and hour claims despite lawful employer policies by claiming some sort of “class-wide” policy of deviating from those policies. Sadly, this tactic works at...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court And Workplace Class Actions

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As profiled in our recent publication of the 13th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings have a profound impact on employers and the tools they may utilize to...more

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New York District Court Grants Summary Judgment for Employer in Gawker Intern Case

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Litigation Over Interns Dries Up Internship Opportunities - The natural and probable consequence of litigation over unpaid internships was that such opportunities would disappear because the risk of litigation for even...more

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Supreme Court Limits Wal-Mart, Approves Representative Proof in Employee Class Actions

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In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court last week affirmed a $5.8 million judgment against Tyson Foods and held that damages in a class action can be established by “statistical sampling” – a phrase that may now...more

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Sample This! Tyson Employee Class Wins Significant but Narrow Supreme Court Victory

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Tyson Foods lost its bid to overturn an almost $3 million class action judgment against it in a case brought by workers at an Iowa pork-processing factory who contended they did not receive overtime pay for time spent...more

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Sixth Circuit Refuses to Apply Stricter FLSA Collective Action Certification Standard

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In concluding that the proper standard for certifying Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions is whether the plaintiffs are "similarly situated," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on March 2,...more

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No "Duking" it Out Before the High Court as Justices Indicate Willingness to Let Wage and Hour Class Claims Stand

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On Tuesday, I attended the Supreme Court's oral argument in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo. This case has been closely watched as employers have been hoping to see whether the Supreme Court would explicitly apply aWalmart v....more

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Supreme Court Takes Aim at FLSA Class, Collective Actions

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Last week, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to Tyson Foods in an appeal of a class and collective action filed under the FLSA and a similar Iowa state law. Hourly workers at Tyson’s Storm Lake, Iowa pork...more

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