Practice Strengths

Employment Class Actions

Date Employment—Employment Class Actions Executive Alert/Newsletters
5/14/2013 D.C. Circuit Court Shuts Down NLRB Rule Requiring Union Poster
5/13/2013 Courts Are Liberally Construing Litigation Insurance Coverage for Class Action Defenses and So Should Defendants
4/25/2013 United States Supreme Court Confirms that a Timely and Properly Worded Offer of Judgment May Moot a Collective Action
4/2/2013 Common and Predominating Damages: Comcast Opinion Extends Wal-Mart v. Dukes' Standards for Class Certification but Leaves the Question of Daubert for Another Day
4/1/2013 California Law Requires Certain Business Establishments to Post a Notice Regarding Human Trafficking and Slavery
3/26/2013 U.S. Supreme Court Opens the Door Wider for Defendants to Remove Class Actions to Federal Court in Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles
3/12/2013 New I-9 Form Released - U.S. Employers Should Begin Using New Form to Verify Employment Eligibility of All Newly Hired Workers
1/28/2013 BakerHostetler 2012 Year-End Review of Class Actions (and what to expect in 2013)
1/24/2013 Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act Has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: "Show Me The Money!"
9/19/2012 Amendment to New York Labor Law Permits Additional Wage Deductions for Employers
5/7/2012 Some District Courts Apply Heightened Pleading Requirements of Twombly and Iqbal
2/8/2012 Employment Class Actions Newsletter—February 8, 2012
1/23/2012 Employment Class Actions Newsletter—January 23, 2012
10/5/2011 Employment Class Actions Newsletter—October 5, 2011
8/30/2011 NLRB Announces New Posting Requirement
8/29/2011 Notice Requirements for Unforeseeable Leave May Not Be More "Stringent" Than the Requirements of the FMLA; Burlington-Northern Standard Applies for FMLA Retaliation Claims
8/26/2011 Court of Appeals Affirms NLRB's Aggressive Approach to Confidentiality Provisions that May Tend to Inhibit the Exercise of Section 7 Rights
8/15/2011 California Court Revives Wage and Hour Class Action Against Construction Contractor for Violations of Subcontractor
8/4/2011 Employment Class Action Newsletter—August 4, 2011
7/12/2011 California Supreme Court Holds California Employers Liable for Overtime Worked in California by Nonresident Employees
6/21/2011 Supreme Court Reverses the Ninth Circuit in Dukes v. Wal-Mart

Contact

National Contacts
John B. Lewis
216.861.7496


Sabrina L. Shadi
310.442.8848


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Representative Clients

CHEP USA

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Ford Motor Company

Mears Destination Services, Inc.

Oak Street Mortgage, LLC

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Orange County, Florida

The Progressive Corporation

Wells Fargo

Wuesthoff Health System

Practice Highlights

Our lawyers have represented FORTUNE 500 companies in complex, multi-jurisdictional cases.

We have developed a particular strength in defending clients against wage hour class and collective actions.

We have developed customized technology applications to manage complex employment class actions and their associated documents, saving our clients time and money with our efficiencies.