Wage and Hour, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Breach of Contract

Class Action & MDL Roundup | 2025 Q1 – Our Terms Define Class

Alston & Bird on 6/26/2025

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2025. In this edition, two UK actions fail to clear a low bar, a movie isn’t a video, and spam isn’t...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2019

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/18/2019

Eddie Money Beats Discrimination Lawsuit Based On Free Speech Right - Symmonds v. Mahoney, 31 Cal. App. 5th 1096 (2019) - After 41 years, singer/songwriter Edward Joseph Mahoney (aka "Eddie Money") terminated the...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2017

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/11/2017

In response to three questions asked of it by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California Supreme Court opined as follows...more

The Spirit of the FLSA Haunts a Highly Paid Employee

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/21/2016

As we’ve discussed on this blog before, the Supreme Court’s decision in Christopher v SmithKline Beecham Corp. had many layers. In holding that pharmaceutical sales representatives were subject to the FLSA’s outside sales...more

Collado v. J & G Transport, Inc. – When a Waived Right to Arbitrate is Revived

BakerHostetler on 4/26/2016

Some may have thought that once waived, the right to arbitrate is gone forever. No so! The Eleventh Circuit decision in Collado v. J & G Transport, Inc., No. 15-14635 (11th Cir. April 21, 2016) is but the latest example. In...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2016

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/17/2016

Nuclear Plant Maintenance Manager's Whistleblower Claim Was Properly Dismissed - Sanders v. Energy Northwest, 2016 WL 560809 (9th Cir. 2016) - David W. Sanders, a maintenance manager for Energy Northwest (a...more