Employer Liability Issues, Appellate Courts, Litigation Strategies

Seventh Circuit Ruling Provides Employers With Greater Leverage to Challenge Collective Actions and Limit Exposure

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 9/3/2025

The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 19667 (7th Cir. 2025) significantly changes how federal courts within the circuit will handle collective actions under the Fair Labor...more

Seventh Circuit Raises the Bar for Collective Actions, Gives Employers New Tools at the Notice Stage

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/18/2025

The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co. represents the most significant shift in collective action procedure in the circuit in decades. For many years, district courts in the circuit have utilized the...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2025

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

Employer Liability Issues › Appellate Courts › Litigation Strategies

Seventh Circuit Ruling Provides Employers With Greater Leverage to Challenge Collective Actions and Limit Exposure

Seventh Circuit Raises the Bar for Collective Actions, Gives Employers New Tools at the Notice Stage

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

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