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Ninth Circuit Certifies Minor League Baseball Wage and Hour Class Action
On August 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that minor league baseball players in Arizona and Florida [...]
NLRB Finds Employers Can Modify Arbitration Agreements After Suit to Prohibit Participation in Collective Actions
On August 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers can revise mandatory arbitration agreements to prohibit employees from joining class [...]
D.C. District Court Dismisses Proposed Class Action Against The George Washington University Alleging Mismanagement of Workers’ Retirement Savings
On Monday, July 15, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against The [...]
Junk Faxes – the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Battle of the “Unsolicited Advertisement”
On June 20, 2019, the Supreme Court issued its decision in PDR Network, LLC, et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., Docket [...]
The District of Columbia Circuit in the Spotlight: Does Bristol-Myers Apply to Class Action Lawsuits?
The appeal at issue originated from a class action lawsuit filed by Whole Foods Market’s employees in the United States District Court for [...]
SCOTUS Holds that Third-Party Defendants Cannot Remove Class Actions from State to Federal Court
On May 28, 2019, in a 5-4 decision, in which Justice Thomas sided with the Court’s “liberal” justices, the Supreme Court held in [...]