Wage and Hour, SCOTUS, Appellate Courts

Seventh Circuit Stands Firm on Bristol-Myers Application: Employee Forum Shopping on Collective Actions Gets Harder

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/24/2025

In its 2024 opinion in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined a growing number of federal circuits to hold that would-be plaintiffs from out of state cannot join a...more

Littler Lightbulb – October Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 11/1/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month. ...more

Littler Lightbulb – April Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 5/2/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month. ...more

Littler Lightbulb – March Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 3/31/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month....more

Littler Lightbulb – February Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 3/1/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month....more

Littler Lightbulb – January Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 2/1/2023

At the Supreme Court - Recovery of Damages for Property Destroyed During a Strike. On January 10, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters. At issue is...more

Littler Lightbulb – December Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 12/30/2022

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

Littler Lightbulb: Labor & Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 11/14/2022

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some recent labor and employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal. At the Supreme Court. On October 3, the Justices agreed to hear In re Grand...more

Fifth Circuit Sets New Framework for Fair Labor Standards Act Certification Analysis

Bracewell LLP on 1/15/2021

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the commonly used and admittedly lenient Lusardi framework for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) conditional certification and set a new framework for...more

Court Hits “Pause” On Chipotle Order. Will The Supreme Court Change The Recipe?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/8/2020

Back in April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion that appears to make it much easier for collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act to proceed to trial. Last week, the court hit the...more

California Employers Must Promptly Seek Arbitration of Labor Commissioner Claims in Court

ArentFox Schiff on 6/22/2020

When California employers have arbitration agreements with employees, those agreements may encompass a dispute concerning wages. If an employee sues for wages, the employer can petition the court to compel arbitration based...more

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