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Wage hour lawsuits continue to skyrocket
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- May 9 2013
Today, the Federal Judicial Center released its annual statistics of the types of lawsuits filed in federal courts throughout the country. The result
Early consensus: courts rely on Comcast v. Behrend in refusing to allow wage and hour cases to proceed as class actions
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- April 24 2013
Did the Supreme Court's decision last month in Comcast v. Behrend make it harder for plaintiffs to pursue wage and hour claims as class actions? An
Genesis of a clearer distinction between class and collective actions? Supreme Court decides Symczyc.
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- April 16 2013
The Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling today in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk that brings into clearer focus the fundamental
Saving the anti-hybrid arguments for the certification stage may be the "superior" way to defeat a state law wage-hour claim
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- April 15 2013
We have long argued that the best path for defeating a hybrid state law wage and hour claim is not through a motion to dismiss but by making a strong
With the speed of broadband--Supreme Court applies Comcast to wage and hour case
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- April 2 2013
In a post last week, we predicted that the Supreme Court's opinion in Comcast v. Behrend would have "monumental" implications for wage and hour class
Did the earth just move? Comcast suggests individual damage calculations prevent class certification
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- March 27 2013
Is a class action permitted if each class member's damages would have to be proven separately rather than measured on a class-wide basis? The Supreme
Fourth Circuit tells wage and hour plaintiffs to put up with Dukes
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- 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
Individual arbitration of FLSA claims: Second Circuit to decide
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- March 20 2013
Will the Second Circuit join six other circuits in holding that agreements to arbitrate FLSA claims on an individual basis -- and not on a class or
Supreme Court to decide high-stakes question for employers with arbitration agreements: does an agreement to arbitrate "all" disputes authorize an arbitrator to conduct a "class arbitration"?
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- December 9 2012
For an employer, what could be worse than a class action lawsuit?
Offers of judgment, mootness and collective actions: Supreme Court hears oral argument in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- December 4 2012
The Supreme Court heard argument in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk on Monday
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