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Circuit Split Widens on Judicial Approach to Sending FLSA Collective Action Notices

7th Circuit adopts new approach to issuing collective action notices. Decision furthers a circuit split over the traditional, two-step certification process. Experts foresee eventual U.S. Supreme ...
Courthouse News Service

Farmers ask Eighth Circuit to revive antitrust claims against ag giants over e-commerce boycott

Dozens of farmers claim Bayer CropScience and 15 other agricultural manufacturing giants conspired to drive up prices by ...
JD Supra

Eighth Circuit Rules That the Voting Rights Act Does Not Include a Private Right of Action, Impacting Potentially Numerous Pending Section 2 Cases

On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act lacks a private right of action. The court affirmed an Arkansas federal district court ...
JD Supra

Eleventh Circuit Holds That Title IX Does Not Provide Private Right of Action for Sex-Based Employment Discrimination

The plaintiff, Sha’ola Terrell, served as the senior associate athletic director for internal operations at Alabama State University (ASU) from October 2018 to September 2021. In addition to this role ...
Courthouse News Service

Second Circuit axes class action challenge against Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements

MANHATTAN (CN) — The Second Circuit entered a judgment Monday in favor of Nature’s Bounty, a vitamin and nutritional supplement company, after consumers claimed the company wrongfully classified their ...

Agencies Avoid Disaster After High Court’s In-House Judge Ruling

Companies have lost most of their initial attempts to bar agency in-house judges from hearing a wide range of disputes based ...
The National Law Review

First Circuit Revives Privacy Class Action Based on Injury and Predominance

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The National Law Review

Federal Courts In The First Circuit Continue To Grapple With Privacy Class Action Claims

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Circuit Court Orders Stay of FMCSA Rule on Non-Domiciled CDL Holders

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an administrative stay pending further legal review of an ...

Jackson plans to fight Fifth Circuit ruling reviving lawsuit alleging lead in the water

City considering seeking a rehearing before the entire Fifth Circuit or taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
St. Louis American

Circuit court hears affirmative action arguments

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Circuit Split Widens on Judicial Approach to Sending FLSA Collective Action Notices

“The [Seventh Circuit's] holding is going to reverberate and have a huge impact on wage and hour litigation throughout the United States,” said Gerald Maatman, chair of Duane Morris’ class action ...