Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Personal Jurisdiction, Class Certification

Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/4/2025

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hit a trifecta of important legal procedures affecting litigation of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions. Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old...more

Seventh Circuit Joins Third, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits in Limiting Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/3/2024

On August 16, 2024, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on whether out-of-state plaintiffs must satisfy personal jurisdiction requirements to participate in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

Party of One: Collective Action Against Outback Steakhouse Denied due to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/5/2019

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied conditional class action certification in a case involving a front of house (FOH) manager suing Outback Steakhouse for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor...more

Keeping it Local: Another Court Denies FLSA Conditional Certification Due to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/7/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: Furthering a recent trend, a judge in the District of Massachusetts denied a motion for conditional certification because there was no personal jurisdiction over non-Massachusetts entities with respect to...more

Bristol-Myers Squibb Continues to Be a Mixed Bag in the Class Action Context

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/21/2018

Courts are still going both ways on applying Bristol-Myers Squibb to class actions. Two recent decisions highlight this split. The first—and we’ll always start with the good news—comes out of the District of Massachusetts...more

Litigate Locally (Not Nationwide), Federal Courts Increasingly Tell FLSA Plaintiffs

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/19/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Two recent decisions by federal courts in Massachusetts highlight barriers to litigating FLSA cases on a nationwide basis — including a personal jurisdiction defense that could preclude a nationwide...more