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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Wage violations rampant among low wage workers!
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rhayber wrote 2 months ago: In a study released last week financed by the Ford, Joyce, Haynes and Russell Sage Foundations, low … more →
CVS sued again by more Assistant Store Managers!
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rhayber wrote 3 months ago: Another group of Assistant Store Managers has sued CVS in a collective action for unpaid overtime wa … more →
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 →
Federal judge allows waiver of collective action claims!
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rhayber wrote 3 months ago: A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a release signed at termination which includes a waiver o … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
NERA REPORTS SAYS 20% OF 2009 CLASS ACTION FILINGS RELATED TO MADOFF AND OTHER PONZI SCHEMES
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Jay Eng wrote 4 months ago: A mid-year report by NERA Economic Consulting noted that class action filings related to Madoff and … more →
