Employer Liability Issues, Evidence, Class Action

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

Key California Employment Law Cases: January 2019

Payne & Fears on 2/26/2019

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage and hour issues. Donohue v. AMN Servs., 29 Cal. App. 5th 1068, 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111 (2018) - Summary: Policy rounding employees’ time worked is legal if...more

EEOC’s Motion For Sanctions Granted Over Employer’s Failure To Preserve And Produce Records

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC lawsuit alleging that an employer failed to reasonably accommodate its Muslim employees’ requests for prayer breaks, a federal court in Colorado granted the EEOC’s motion for sanctions — as a...more

Ninth Circuit Issues Companion Cases Addressing Evidence Required To Show That The Amount In Controversy Requirement Has Been Met...

Carlton Fields on 1/23/2015

Through a pair of opinions issued the same day, the Ninth Circuit attempted to clarify the evidence required for a defendant to meet its burden of showing that the amount in controversy exceeds CAFA’s $5 million threshold...more

Employer Prevails on Misclassification Claim Where Employee Fails to Prove Hours Worked

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 11/11/2014

Greg Holaway worked as a Field Service Engineer for Stratasys, Inc. He was categorized as exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requiring the payment of overtime. Even though his title was...more

Employer Liability Issues › Evidence › Class Action

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

Key California Employment Law Cases: January 2019

EEOC’s Motion For Sanctions Granted Over Employer’s Failure To Preserve And Produce Records

Ninth Circuit Issues Companion Cases Addressing Evidence Required To Show That The Amount In Controversy Requirement Has Been Met...

Employer Prevails on Misclassification Claim Where Employee Fails to Prove Hours Worked

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