Wage and Hour, Employment Litigation, CAFA

Class Action Decisions Published May 2025

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 6/24/2025

Immigration. There were many decisions by classes seeking certification of habeas claims related to President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act that reached different decisions on whether to certify...more

California Employment Law Notes - May 2022

Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/23/2022

Former UCLA Physician Can Proceed With Whistleblower Claims - Scheer v. The Regents of the Univ. of Cal., 76 Cal. App. 5th 904 (2022) - Arnold Scheer, M.D., M.P.H., sued the Regents of the University of California and...more

Third Circuit Limits Ability to Certify Wage/Hour Class Actions – Making “Off-the-Clock” Matters Difficult to Certify and Likely...

FordHarrison on 1/9/2020

On Christmas Eve, the Third Circuit issued a decision restricting certification of wage/hour classes for off-the-clock cases and increasing the threshold for other wage/hour matters. See Ferreras v. American Airlines, Inc....more

A Dart Across the Bow

Carlton Fields on 10/30/2019

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently underscored that removal practice under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) differs in some important respects from traditional removal practice in non-CAFA cases. It did so...more

Don’t Count Your Chickens – Or State Citizens For CAFA Exceptions – Before They Hatch

Carlton Fields on 11/6/2018

The Ninth Circuit vacated a remand order implicating the local and home-state controversy exceptions to CAFA jurisdiction in a putative class action by former California resident employees of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) for...more

CAFA Amount In Controversy Is Not Limited To Damages Incurred Prior To Removal And Includes Future Attorneys’ Fees Recoverable By...

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/21/2018

In Fritsch v. Swift Transp. Co. of Ariz., LLC, No. 18-55746 (Aug. 18, 2018), the Ninth Circuit clarified, in a unanimous published decision, that, where a party may recover its attorney’s fees by statute or contract, the...more

Romulus v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.: Meal Periods, Ascertainability, and the Importance of Removal

Pierce Atwood LLP on 7/18/2017

In Romulus v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., five former Shift Supervisors brought a putative class action against CVS under the Massachusetts Wage Act, contending they were required to work through their unpaid breaks. Specifically,...more

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