The District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to conditionally certify a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) acknowledging that although the bar for conditional certification of a FLSA collective action is low, “it is not this low.” Sanchez v. JMP Ventures, LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14980
Rule 68 Offer of Judgment Does Not Moot Individual FLSA Claim, Notwithstanding Recent SCOTUS Ruling
A Rule 68 offer of judgment affording complete relief to two named plaintiffs and one opt-in plaintiff does not moot the plaintiffs’ individual claims in an action for overtime compensation pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and parallel provisions of the N.Y. Labor Law (“NYLL”) , a federal court ruled on Monday. Velasquez