The battle wages on: study confirms increase in dollars to settle wage-hour claims *

USA - March 22 2013
This year's "Trends in Wage and Hour Settlements" report, by the National Economic Research Associates, has identified 467 million reasons—75…

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Fourth Circuit tells wage and hour plaintiffs to put up with Dukes *

USA - March 20 2013
Since the Supreme Court decided Dukes v. Wal-Mart in June 2011, litigants have wrestled over its impact on wage-hour class and collective actions…

Co-authors: Richard L. Alfred .

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More than Morgan: federal court decertifies nationwide FLAS collective action despite arguments likening it to plaintiff-friendly result in Morgan v. Family Dollar *

USA - October 25 2012
Last month, we reported on a ruling handed down by Judge Scott Coogler, a U.S. District Court Judge in Alabama, decertifying a nationwide FLSA collective action of store managers who claimed that they were misclassified as overtime-exempt.

Co-authors: Brett C. Bartlett .

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A dutiful result: finding differences in management duties, federal court decertifies nationwide FLSA collective action brought by Dollar Tree store managers *

USA - September 24 2012
Any employer that has faced a putative FLSA collective action in Florida, Georgia, or Alabama since 2008 should be aware of Morgan v.

Co-authors: Brett C. Bartlett .

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Federal court takes scalpel to hospital workers' proposed meal break collective *

USA - August 16 2012
As readers of our blog know from prior posts, we have argued successfully before several courts that the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes has an important impact on collective and class actions brought under the FLSA and state wage and hour laws.

Co-authors: Richard L. Alfred .

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