The Seventh Circuit has joined the Fifth and Sixth Circuits in establishing a higher bar for employees to clear before courts may authorize “notice” to potential members of an FLSA collective action. Although the Seventh...more
8/8/2025
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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a welcome turn of events, the Seventh Circuit has taken up the question of what is the appropriate standard for court-authorized notice in collective actions....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit held that out-of-state plaintiffs must be dismissed from FLSA collective actions when the court lacks personal jurisdiction over them....more