Arbitration Class Arbitration Consumer Class Actions Employment Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
June 17, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued two long-awaited decisions concerning the enforceability of class action waivers in arbitration agreements. Feeney v. Dell, Inc. (...
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Employment Class Actions
May 23, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
With the economy dragging and jobs difficult to come by, students who might otherwise have obtained paying jobs have increasingly turned to unpaid internships as a way to gain relevant exper...
Employment Class Actions Supreme Court
April 17, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in the case of Genesis Healthcare Corporation v. Laura Symczyk. The majority declined to answer the question...
February 9, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
Last month, I expressed concern that a Seventh Circuit decision authored by Judge Posner in a consumer class action emphasized efficiency over fairness in deciding whether a class should be...
Class Arbitration Employment Class Actions
January 15, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, upholding the enforceability of a class action waiver in a consumer arbitration agreement, was applauded by employe...
Employment Class Actions First Circuit Decisions
December 2, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
In our last post, Katy Rand ?explored both the substantive Massachusetts employment law issues and the Rule 23(a)(4) analysis in the First Circuit's recent Starbucks tips case. This post wi...
November 14, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Last week, in Download Matamoros et al v Starbucks Corporation, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed decisions of the District of Massachusetts (Hon. Nathanial M. Gorton), granting cl...
Employment Class Actions US District Court - Mass
October 23, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
In George v. NWMCC, CA No. 10-10289-DJC (D. Mass., September 27, 2012), United States District Judge Denise Casper granted class certification to a group of employees and former employees of...
September 24, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision in Frye v. Baptist Memorial Hospital, Inc., which includes a discussion of some of the basics of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
August 1, 2012 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Last week, in Abdallah v. Bain Capital LLC, United States District Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the District of Massachusetts dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Bain Capital LLC b...