Appeals, Wage and Hour, Personal Jurisdiction

Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/4/2025

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hit a trifecta of important legal procedures affecting litigation of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions. Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old...more

Where It’s Filed Really Matters: Jurisdictional Limits in Wage and Hour Litigation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/14/2025

The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel underscores the growing importance of personal jurisdiction in limiting the scope of FLSA collective actions. The court held that employees with no connection to...more

Federal Appeals Courts Add to Employers’ Confusion by Disagreeing on Whether to Dismiss Out-of-State Plaintiffs in FLSA Collective...

Fisher Phillips on 2/10/2022

Over the past several years, many federal courts have weighed in on whether a key Supreme Court decision requires them to dismiss non-resident opt-in plaintiffs in federal wage and hour collective actions, and there is now...more

Sixth Circuit Limits Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/26/2021

On August 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court to expressly rule on the application of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2016

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/14/2016

Employer Is Entitled To Recover $4 Million In Attorney's Fees From EEOC - CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 1642 (2016) - The EEOC filed suit against CRST (a trucking company) alleging...more

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Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Where It’s Filed Really Matters: Jurisdictional Limits in Wage and Hour Litigation

Federal Appeals Courts Add to Employers’ Confusion by Disagreeing on Whether to Dismiss Out-of-State Plaintiffs in FLSA Collective...

Sixth Circuit Limits Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

California Employment Law Notes - July 2016

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