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From Leniency to Scrutiny: The New FLSA Certification Landscape

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported by Seyfarth, the Fifth Circuit’s January 2021 decision in Swales v. KLLM Transport Services, LLC and the Sixth Circuit’s May 2023 decision in Clark v. A&L Homecare and Training Center, et al....more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Modest $120 Award Created Right to Recover Deposition Costs

We’ve written frequently on ways that parties can recover their costs of suit — particularly deposition-related costs — at the conclusion of civil litigation. Costs related to deposition transcripts used at trial, deposition...more

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[Webinar] FLSA Collective Action: Erosion of Lusardi Two-Step Certification, Appellate Courts’ New Standards, Circuit Split -...

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This CLE webinar will examine the status of FLSA collective action certification following the recent Swales and Clark appellate decisions, including a close look at the new standards established under each. The panel will...more

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Eastern District of Virginia Judge Rejects Two-Step Conditional Certification Process for FLSA Collective Actions

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In what could become a trend, Judge T.S. Ellis, III recently broke with other courts in the Eastern District of Virginia when he rejected the two-step conditional certification process commonly used in FLSA...more

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FLSA Cases Raise Interesting Privilege Issues: Part II

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Last week's Privilege Point described a case predictably holding that an FLSA defendant could not present defensive evidence at trial of the advice it received from its lawyer about plaintiff employee's classifications after...more

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FLSA Cases Raise Interesting Privilege Issues: Part I

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Fair Labor Standards Act cases frequently involve privilege issues, in part because employers' treatment of employees' status and their treatment of compensation frequently (if not normally) implicate legal advice that those...more

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Does CAFA permit appellate review of sua sponte remand orders? - Commercial Law Bulletin, April 5 2022

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Ohio- Substantially compliant acknowledgment clause WWSD, LLC v. Woods, 10th Dist. Franklin No. 20AP-403, 2022-Ohio-952- In this appeal, the Tenth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision, agreeing that...more

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Impact of the Fifth Circuit’s Swales Decision on the FLSA Collective Action Certification Process

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Employers confronted with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims as to their operations in Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi should take note of a new decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

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Lawyers Want To Withdraw From FLSA Class Action Against Cannabis Company Because Their Clients Are Incommunicado—What A Shame!

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This is an interesting and rather unique situation. Two lawyers who represent a putative class of workers who filed a class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act now want to withdraw from the case. They assert that they...more

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Fifth Circuit Requires "Rigorous Scrutiny" Before District Courts Authorize Notice in FLSA Collective Actions

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The Situation: A district court in the Fifth Circuit granted conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to a class of allegedly misclassified truck drivers, analyzing certification using the widely...more

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Fifth Circuit Sets New Standard for Certifying FLSA Collective Actions

On January 12, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision rewriting the rules for obtaining certification in collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Swales v. KLLM Transport...more

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Fifth Circuit Requires District Courts to Follow More Stringent Standard to Certify FLSA Collective Actions

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On January 12, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a groundbreaking decision announcing that district courts should “rigorously enforce” a more stringent standard for the certification of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Email Etiquette Can Prevent, And Help You Defend, Lawsuits

The litigator's secret weapon: good manners. William Hanson, the etiquette columnist for the Daily Mail, provides fun and snarky advice on how to be polite. Last week, he had a column on email etiquette, which got me...more

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Don’t Judge A Conditional Certification Motion By Its Cover

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A New York federal court once again denied a motion for conditional certification of a nationwide collective action against Barnes & Noble. ...more

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Web Exclusive: January 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017—and if January is any...more

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Discovery In FLSA Cases May Soon Hit The Fast-Track

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Early discovery in cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) may be changing significantly if courts begin to adopt the new Initial Discovery Protocols For Fair Labor Standards Act Cases Not Pleaded As...more

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California Employment Law Notes - January 2018

Trial Court Erroneously Granted Bill Cosby's Anti-SLAPP Motion - Dickinson v. Cosby, 17 Cal. App. 5th 655 (2017) - After Janice Dickinson went public with her accusations of rape against Bill Cosby, Cosby's attorney...more

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What Can You Get for $535?

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An expensive lawsuit. Let’s say you have a service advisor who is paid $525 per week, plus commissions. The service advisor makes a blatant and careless mistake on a customer invoice, costing your dealership $535. The...more

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Uber Forced To Carry On Its Defense Of 'On Call' Claims

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In a case previously discussed by my colleague Linda Gulledge, a federal judge in eastern Pennsylvania has rebuffed Uber once again in its attempt to rid itself of potentially expensive wage claims. In December 2016, as Linda...more

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E-Discovery Update: Working 9 to 5 and Proving It

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Class action lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) involve unique discovery issues. Plaintiffs in these suits often propound burdensome discovery requests seeking login and logoff records from numerous...more

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The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

This is the ninth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Immigration-Related Documents and Information Not Discoverable in Wage and Hour Lawsuit

A New York federal court recently said that the plaintiff-employees involved in a wage and hour lawsuit are not required to produce their immigration documents and information. The case is important because it limits an...more

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Immigration-Related Documents and Information Not Discoverable in Wage and Hour Lawsuit

A New York federal court recently said that the plaintiff-employees involved in a wage and hour lawsuit are not required to produce their immigration documents and information. The case is important because it limits an...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

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Second Circuit Finds Auditors Exempt and Endorses Limits on Class Discovery

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While the number of class or collective action lawsuits has exploded, decisions from Circuit Courts of Appeal, particularly on procedural issues, are still infrequent enough to warrant comment. In Pippins v. KPMG, Case No....more

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