Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 22, 2019, in Maderazo v. VHS San Antonio Partners, L.P., C.A. No. 06-CV-535, a case alleging that hospitals in San Antonio conspired to suppress nurses’ wages that had been pending for nearly 13...more
1/30/2019
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conspiracies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Nurses ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing ,
Wages
Seyfarth Synopsis: At the recent American Bar Association’s Antitrust in Healthcare conference, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reportedly advised that it has open criminal investigations into agreements among healthcare...more
6/1/2018
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Information Sharing ,
No-Poaching ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing
Seyfarth Synopsis: There are currently pending at least four class actions claiming that provisions contained in franchise agreements prohibiting the hiring of employees of other intrabrand franchisees without the consent of...more
4/13/2018
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
No-Hire/No-Solicitation Agreements ,
Pending Litigation ,
Pizza Hut ,
Sherman Act ,
Single Entity Rule
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 1, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina entered an order granting in part, and denying in part, the plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a no-hire...more
2/14/2018
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Faculty ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
No-Hire/No-Solicitation Agreements ,
Predominance Requirement