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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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MA Job Applications Should Provide Notice That You Will Not Use a Lie Detector Test as a Condition of Employment

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Though most in-house counsel (and even a lot of employment lawyers) are unaware, M.G.L. c. 149, Section 19B makes it unlawful for any employer to subject its employees or job applicants to a lie detector test....more

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Caution - Employers Merge Ahead: Massachusetts Holding Endorses Potential Liability for “Joint Employers”

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The Massachusetts appellate court decision in Tran v. Jennings Road Management, Corp., et al, gave the green light to an employee to pursue class action claims against her direct employer as well as a separate management...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were Individualized

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The Ninth Circuit recently addressed an issue that tends to arise frequently in class certification motion practice: how trial courts should apply the predominance requirement where appellate decisions have said that the need...more

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Employers May Face an Expanded Liability Period in PAGA Suits Under the Relation Back Doctrine

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On February 7, 2022 a California Court of Appeal issued its decision in Hutcheson v. The Superior Court of Alameda County (UBS Financial Services, Inc.). The case addresses the relation back doctrine in the context of a...more

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COVID-19 Client Primer | Class Actions and Mass Actions

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Class Actions and Mass Actions - As the impact of COVID-19 continues to unfold across all aspects of American society, class action lawyers are already beginning to file lawsuits....more

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