As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter work lives in profound ways, employers are confronted with additional liability risks. The pandemic has created a wave of litigation that is unlikely to ebb until well after the unprecedented public health crisis recedes. In this issue, Jackson Lewis attorneys discuss the risks of WARN Act litigation among the … Continue Reading
We hope you will be able to join us this year at one of our 2015 Employment Class Action Spring Summits. These programs provide deeply substantive, extremely practical, and cutting edge solutions to class action litigation. Our firm is defending hundreds of class action cases around the country so you will hear from our very … Continue Reading
Following the granting of conditional certification under FLSA 216(b) in July 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr.) granted the plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class of umpires who alleged that the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) improperly classified them as “independent contractors” since 2005 in order to avoid paying overtime … Continue Reading
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Judge Richard A. Jones) denied a motion to certify a class of more than 2,000 call-center customer account executives (“CAEs”) under Rule 23(b)(3) holding that individualized issues predominated over common questions. Ginsburg et. al. v. Comcast Communications Mgmt. LLC, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55149 (W.D. Wash. 4.17.13). … Continue Reading
