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Home Depot Assistant Managers Fight for Overtime

jtheriault wrote 1 week ago: On November 9th, Kyle Diamond and Areceli Mendoza, two former Home Depot Assistant Store Managers, f … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, home depot, Overtime

Governance Wrap Week Ending 8 November 2009

jdfield wrote 3 weeks ago: AUSTRAC Turns Up The Heat On Small Business Austrac kicked off the week with a press release noting … more →

Tags: Compliance, Risk Management, ASX, AFSL, Corporate Governance, AML/CTF, asic, IMF, Austrac

Another mandatory arbitration clause bites the dust

Philip Kay wrote 3 weeks ago: Case settled late yesterday, the Friday before a Monday trial.  While I was buried deep in trial pre … more →

Tags: consumer class actions, class-action, consumer law, consumer class action

Governance Wrap Week Ending 1 November 2009

jdfield wrote 4 weeks ago: IPO Governance Action Kathmandu announced details of a $440 million float only to be given a scare w … more →

Tags: Compliance, Risk Management, ASX, AFSL, Corporate Governance, asic, IPO, Backdoor Listings, ISO 31000

Holyrood debate reveals civil justice reforms & McKenzie Friends may be a long way off as Scottish Ministers stumble over Lord Gill review proposals

petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Scottish Parliament debated Lord Gill’s Civil Courts Review. Last Thursday’s Scottish Parliame … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Court of Session, Edinburgh, Finance, Judicial Reform, Judiciary, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland

Motions to disqualify: Move early or not at all

Philip Kay wrote 1 month ago: In Murray v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2009 WL 3080462 (2nd Cir., Sept. 29, 2009), the 2nd Circuit … more →

Tags: class-action, securities class action

New Goal Group Website

Elliott King wrote 1 month ago: MintTwist is proud to announce the launch of the redesigned goalgroup.com website. The company provi … more →

Tags: 2009, Blog, News, Class Action Lawsuits, security class actions

Scots Law 'shake up' as Lord Gill’s Civil Courts Review supports McKenzie Friends, Class Actions & wider access to justice for all

petercherbi wrote 2 months ago: Scotland’s Lord Justice Clerk Lord Gill publishes his two year long Civil Courts Review. FORTY YEARS … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Court of Session, Edinburgh, Finance, Judiciary, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics

Incentive award for pro-se objector? 10th Cir. says “no,” but leaves door open

Philip Kay wrote 2 months ago: The 10th Circuit addressed a novel issue in UFCW Local 880-Retail Food Employers Joint Pension Fund … more →

Tags: class-action, Law

Wage violations rampant among low wage workers!2 comments

rhayber wrote 2 months ago: In a study released last week financed by the Ford, Joyce, Haynes and Russell Sage Foundations, low … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, New York Times, Low wage workers, overtime violations

CVS sued again by more Assistant Store Managers!1 comment

rhayber wrote 3 months ago: Another group of Assistant Store Managers has sued CVS in a collective action for unpaid overtime wa … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, Overtime, FLSA, CVS, Collective Action, ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER

Employment class actions filings dip

Randy Wilson wrote 3 months ago: “This report covers the period from August 14 – 20, 2009, during which time 41 new class … more →

Tags: Company News, lawsuits, LinkedIn, employment litigation

Federal judge allows waiver of collective action claims!1 comment

rhayber wrote 3 months ago: A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a release signed at termination which includes a waiver o … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, Overtime, FLSA, Collective Action, pomposi, gamestop, store manager

CVS Assistant Store Manager Overtime case moving along

rhayber wrote 3 months ago: I had reported earlier that CVS Caremark Corp. had been sued for overtime violations under the FLSA … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, Overtime, FLSA, CVS, CVS Caremark Corp., cvs pharmacy, Inc., Collective Action, cvs assistant store managers

27 year wait for class actions in Scotland ‘to be considered’ by Justice Secretary after publication of Lord Gill's civil justice review

petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: The Scottish Government ‘may’ support the introduction of class action litigation in Scotland if Lor … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice, Scottish Government

Labor class actions way up in CA courts

Randy Wilson wrote 3 months ago: “A stunning 28 labor law class actions were filed this past week, representing 76% of the tota … more →

Tags: Company News, LinkedIn, labor lawsuits

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. sued in Texas for Overtime violations!

rhayber wrote 3 months ago: CVS Pharmacy, Inc., one of the country’s largest retailers, has been sued in Texas by a Sales … more →

Tags: Wage & Hour, Overtime, FLSA, CVS Caremark Corp., cvs pharmacy, Inc., Assistant Store Managers, Collective Action

CA Employment class actions down last week

Randy Wilson wrote 4 months ago: “This report covers the period from July 24 – 30, 2009, during which time 47 new class a … more →

Tags: lawsuits, LinkedIn, California, survey

NERA REPORTS SAYS 20% OF 2009 CLASS ACTION FILINGS RELATED TO MADOFF AND OTHER PONZI SCHEMES1 comment

Jay Eng wrote 4 months ago: A mid-year report by NERA Economic Consulting noted that class action filings related to Madoff and … more →

Tags: securities class actions, LinkedIn, Law, ponzi scheme, Securities, Jay Eng, ponzi, nera, dura


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