Record Class Action Settlement Follows Massive Class Action Verdict
The stakes in workplace class action litigation just got higher. A class of female sales representatives at Novartis have agreed to accept a settlement of $175 million to resolve their sex...
View ArticleResponder Worker September 11 Class Action Settlement Becomes Effective
Co-authored by Rebecca S. Bjork and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. On November 19, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved the settlement of claims of over 10,000 workers...
View ArticleRecord Gender Discrimination Class Action Settlement And Fee Award Given...
Co-authored by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Scott Velasquez Today Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York gave final approval to a $175 million settlement...
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Closing Thoughts On Workplace Class Action Developments In 2010
Seyfarth Shaw's 2011 Workplace Class Action Report is coming soon! The report is the sole compendium in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to workplace class action litigation. Our loyal readers can expect...
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The 2011 Workplace Class Action Report Is Here
The year just ended was a seismic one for employment-related class action litigation, paving the way for more far-reaching judgments, court rulings, and changes to class action law in 2011....
View ArticleBellwether Settlement For $5.9 Million Given Preliminary Approval For FCRA...
By Pamela Q. Devata Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), an employer has a number of detailed requirements with which it must comply both before it can procure a background report (consumer...
View ArticleCourt Finds That Arbitration Agreement Does Not Violate The OWBPA And Is Not...
Co-authored by Alex S. Drummond and Brandon L. Spurlock Since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010), the use of arbitration...
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Second Circuit Finds Releases Limit Application of Fair Pay Act's...
By Rebecca Bjork and Chris Palamountain The Plaintiffs' class action bar has made much of the retroactivity provisions of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which provide that an unlawful...
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Sasquatch Sightings And Other Improbable News: Texas Court Of Appeals Awards...
By Chris Palamountain and Esteban Shardonofsky Searches for mysterious creatures are hot again. We used to have to satisfy our curiosity by flipping through tabloids while waiting to pay for groceries...
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When Wine And Roses Backfire: Court Contemplates Disciplinary Action...
By Chris Palamountain and Brian Wong The availability of attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses is a prime motivator for the plaintiffs’ employment class action bar, and Plumbers Union Local No. 12...
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Wine and Roses, Part II: District Court Initiates Disciplinary Proceedings...
By Chris Palamountain and Brian Wong A few months ago, we wrote about an interim decision in Plumbers Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Ambassadors Group Inc., No. CV-09-214-JLQ, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...
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Enough Is Enough: Employers Take A Stand Against The EEOC's Enforcement Tactics
By Christopher DeGroff, Laura J. Maechtlen, and Claudia Y. S. Wilson Three large trade groups representing millions of the country’s businesses and employers entered the appellate fray last Thursday...
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Court Approves Race Discrimination Class Settlement Despite Hundreds Of...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Howard Wexler A settlement approval decision in New Jersey federal court earlier this week stands as a reminder of the realities, and complexities, of settling class...
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Wine and Roses, Part III: District Court Sanctions Class Counsel For Improper...
By Chris Palamountain We have written a number of blog posts about Judge Quackenbush’s displeasure with certain class counsel arising from a request for an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses...
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Don't Overlook The Importance Of A Sound Notice Program In Settling Class...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Scott Pearson Although defendants often settle class actions to “buy peace” through class-wide releases, it is well-established that class releases will not be enforced in...
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