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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Another Day, Another Dispute Between Appellate Courts Over Employment Arbitrations

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The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

PAGA plaintiffs still have standing to pursue “representative” claims in court, even after individual claims are sent to...

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One month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected California’s ban on enforcing agreements that require the individual arbitration of claims under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, the California Supreme Court granted...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Class Action Claims Were Moot After Class Representative Settled His Individual Claims

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Brady v. AutoZone Stores, 960 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2020) - Michael Brady sued AutoZone Stores for alleged violations of Washington State’s meal break laws. After several years of litigation, the district court denied...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Class Action Mooted When Class Representative Settles, Ninth Circuit Rules

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On June 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit dismissed a wage and hour class action on the grounds that once the class representative plaintiff settled his individual claims and no longer had any financial stake in the litigation’s...more

Fisher Phillips

7-Year Equal Pay Class and Collective Action in NJ Could Settle for $6.2 Million

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More than seven years ago, female sales representatives who worked for Merck filed a class and collective action alleging discrimination in pay on the basis of their gender in violation of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title...more

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Third Circuit Finds That Putative Class Representatives Could Not Challenge Decertification Of An FLSA Collective Action Once They...

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While the now familiar two-step process for determining certification of FLSA collective actions may have been introduced based on valid concerns, it is increasingly vexing for employers in cases where they have either done...more

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