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For Richards And Not For Poorer: Employers in the Seventh Circuit Get Reprieve From Unfair FLSA Collective Certification Standard

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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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Seventh Circuit Adopts Middle-Ground Approach to FLSA Notice in Richards v. Eli Lilly

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In Richards v. Eli Lilly, the Seventh Circuit charted new territory for how courts should evaluate requests to send notice in Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) collective actions under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b).  Departing from the...more

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7th Circuit “Opts In” to the Evolving Collective Action Debate

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Just this week, in Richards v. Eli Lily & Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the third circuit to depart from the long-standing Lusardi standard for distributing notice to potential plaintiffs in collective...more

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Ninth Circuit Confirms Bristol-Myers’ Rule Applies to Notice in FLSA Collective Actions

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The Ninth Circuit has now joined a growing number of appellate courts holding that, in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions, personal jurisdiction must be determined on a claim-by-claim basis when general...more

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