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

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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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Personal Jurisdiction of Opt-In Plaintiffs Under the FLSA: Will the Supreme Court Resolve the Circuit Split this Summer?

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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark opinion in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), a question arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions is...more

Allen Matkins

Why You May Not Want To Be A "Guiding Spirit"

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Last week, I wrote about California Labor Code § 558.1 which provides that an owner, director, officer, or managing agent of an employer (a "person acting on behalf of an employer") may be liable "as the employer" for...more

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Sixth Circuit Limits Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

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On August 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court to expressly rule on the application of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more

Fisher Phillips

Pennsylvania Federal Court Becomes Latest To Exclude Out-Of-State Plaintiffs From FLSA Collective Actions

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Federal courts across the country have been split on the issue of whether a court can exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state plaintiffs who want to opt-in into a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action....more

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