A defendant in a FLSA collective action case is fighting an initiative to compel it to produce information that the named plaintiffs allege is relevant to their discovery requests. The
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Employer Wins Sanctions Against USDOL In Overtime Case—The Wheel Turns The Other Way
Usually, it is the USDOL that is seeking sanctions against an employer who has, in wholesale fashion, violated the
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Tax Records Discoverable And, Maybe, ATM/Cell Phone Records Are As Well?
I read an interesting post the other day by Michael Thompson in the Wage & Hour Defense Blog, in which he discussed the discoverability of plaintiff ATM and cell phone
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Quinn Discovery Dispute A Defeat For the Plaintiff
I had recently blogged about the discovery dispute in the FLSA class action case involving Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and how I believed the plaintiffs were overreaching and
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Discovery Battle Looms In Attorney Exemption Case for Quinn
I have posted several times about the rash of attorney FLSA lawsuits where the claim is “I was only doing clerical work” theory. In one of these cases, involving Quinn
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joins The Fight Against Preserving Hard Drives For All Potential Class Action Members
On November 7, 2011, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the “Chamber”) filed an amicus brief in support of the motion by KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) to set aside the Southern District