Seyfarth Synopsis: In complex class actions, courts have looked to Rule 23 to authorize class actions either for trial, or for approval of a previously negotiated settlement. Now as thousands of public entities nationwide...more
9/16/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Due Process ,
FRCP 23 ,
Manufacturers ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Public Entities ,
Public Funds ,
Reimbursements
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 29, 2019, in Ahad v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, et al., Case No. 15-CV-3308 (C.D. Ill. Mar. 29, 2019), Judge Sue E. Myerscough of the U.S. District Court for the Central...more
4/4/2019
/ Collective Actions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Physicians ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the NLRB’s expansion of the definition of “joint employer” in the high-profile Browning-Ferris case and the employer’s subsequent appeal to the D.C. Circuit, the EEOC filed an amicus brief...more
As we recently blogged here, EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc. is an important case on the Supreme Court’s docket that employers absolutely need to monitor. At issue is whether attorneys’ fees are appropriate in instances...more
Make no mistake, the role of Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court profoundly impacts the balance of power among the branches of our government. Now, with the untimely passing of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, the void...more
2/15/2016
/ Affirmative Action ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Antonin Scalia ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Nominations ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Young Lawyers
EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc. is a key case for all employers.
We have been tracking the developments in this case since its inception. Now it has reached the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of whether attorneys’...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Mach Mining v. EEOC, 135 S.Ct. 1645 (2015), which held that a judge may review whether the EEOC satisfied its statutory obligation to attempt conciliation before filing...more
In a new order issued on November 13, 2015 in Brand, et al. v. Comcast Corp., Case No. 11-CV-8471 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 13, 2015), a matter we have previously blogged on here, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court...more
In an order recently issued in EEOC v Jetstream Ground Services, Inc., Case No. 13-CV-02340 (D. Colo. Sept. 29, 2015), Judge Christine Arguello of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled that the EEOC had...more
10/9/2015
/ Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Dress Codes ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Estoppel ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Judicial Review ,
Laches ,
Muslims ,
Popular ,
Protected Activity ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Undue Burden
In an order recently issued in EEOC v J.R. Baker Farms, LLC, et al., Case No. 7:14-CV-136 (M.D. Ga. Sept. 9, 2015), Senior Judge Hugh Lawson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia compelled the EEOC to...more
9/16/2015
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Foreign Workers ,
FRCP 23 ,
Mach Mining ,
Mach Mining v EEOC ,
Motions to Quash ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Rule 30(b)(6) ,
Title VII ,
Young Lawyers