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Seventh Circuit Decision Rewrites the Rules for Collective Actions

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In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit favorably revised the standard for defendant employers faced with a putative collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...more

Robinson Bradshaw

Continued Evolution in the Standards for Conditional Certification of FLSA and ADEA Claims

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This blog often focuses on traditional, opt-out class actions brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, but there is another common form of mass action: collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Seventh Circuit Richards: A New Flexible Framework for Courts Issuing Notice of Collective Actions

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has provided a new framework for district courts to apply when deciding whether to issue notice to potential plaintiffs of a pending collective action under the Fair Labor...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

7th Circuit “Opts In” to the Evolving Collective Action Debate

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Just this week, in Richards v. Eli Lily & Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the third circuit to depart from the long-standing Lusardi standard for distributing notice to potential plaintiffs in collective...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Seventh Circuit Has Entered the Chat. Joining the Fifth and Sixth Circuits before it, the Seventh Circuit Agrees to Review the...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a welcome turn of events, the Seventh Circuit has taken up the question of what is the appropriate standard for court-authorized notice in collective actions....more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Employers: Prepare Now for Recession-Based Layoffs

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With many economic experts predicting that the U.S. will enter a recession in the near future, employers are preparing for the possibility of significant layoffs. Before making cuts, companies – especially those with remote...more

Cooley LLP

Executive Order May Block Contractors with Labor Violations from Receiving Federal Contracts

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On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (“Executive Order”) that requires contractors to (1) disclose recent violations of various workplace laws before being awarded federal...more

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