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Abbey Spanier: California Appeals Court Reverses Its Previous Denial of Class Certification In Light Of Brinker Decision
Posted on 3 Jun 2013 by Abbey Spanier

Plaintiffs brought a class action on behalf of approximately 4,000 current and former employees of Boyd & Associates, Inc. which provides security guard services. Plaintiffs alleged that Boyd denied off-duty meal breaks and off-duty rest breaks and... Read More

Tags: overtime , Abbey Spanier , California , class action , labor and employment law , class certification , California Supreme Court , Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court , Litigation , Boyd & Associates , security guard

Williams Mullen: In Rebuff To Labor Board, 5th Circuit Sustains Arbitration Agreements With Class Action Waivers
Posted on 11 Dec 2013 by Williams Mullen

By David C. Burton , Beth Hirsch Berman and J. Nelson Wilkinson In recent years, employers have faced increased, and increasingly expensive, class action litigation from current and former employees. In response, many employers have turned to arbitration... Read More

Tags: D.R. Horton Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board , NLRA , 5th Circuit , FAA , class waiver , overtime , Mutual Arbitration Agreement , employment arbitration agreement , D.R. Horton , Fair Labor Standards Act , class action , labor and employment law , Williams Mullen , National Labor Relations Board , National Labor Relations Act , Federal Arbitration Act , Litigation , Michael Cuda , NLRB

Ballard Spahr LLP: 5th Circuit Rejects NLRB Ruling Invalidating Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements
Posted on 6 Dec 2013 by Ballard Spahr LLP

By Steven W. Suflas, Mark J. Levin and Erin K. Clarke On December 3, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ruling that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act... Read More

Tags: AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion , D.R. Horton Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board , NLRA , 5th Circuit , FAA , class waiver , overtime , Mutual Arbitration Agreement , employment arbitration agreement , D.R. Horton , Fair Labor Standards Act , class action , labor and employment law , Noel Canning , National Labor Relations Board , National Labor Relations Act , Federal Arbitration Act , CompuCredit v. Greenwood , Litigation , Ballard Spahr , Michael Cuda , NLRB

Class Action Seeks Overtime Pay For Premera Blue Cross Technical Support Workers
Posted on 20 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SEATTLE — Attorney Kelly M. Dermody of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has announced the filing April 7 of a class action lawsuit charging that Premera Blue Cross has a common practice of misclassifying its technical support workers as... Read More

Tags: overtime , Kelly M. Dermody , class action , LifeWise Assurances Co. , new lawsuit filing , Litigation , lawsuit , Premera Blue Cross , LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP