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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Year In Review: 2023 BIPA Litigation Takeaways

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has produced a wave of privacy-related...more

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United States Supreme Court Rules Certain Airline Employees Exempt From Federal Arbitration Act

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On June 6, 2022, a unanimous United States Supreme Court issued another key decision interpreting the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) that will have a significant impact on certain employers going forward...more

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Supreme Court Considers the Reach of Workplace Arbitration Agreements

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The Supreme Court has recently taken the challenge of assessing the scope and breadth of workplace arbitration provisions under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, and Southwest...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: December 2018

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This month’s key employment law cases address meal periods and payment of wages....more

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Second Circuit Finds Auditors Exempt and Endorses Limits on Class Discovery

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While the number of class or collective action lawsuits has exploded, decisions from Circuit Courts of Appeal, particularly on procedural issues, are still infrequent enough to warrant comment. In Pippins v. KPMG, Case No....more

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California Supreme Court (!) Issues Strong Pro-Defense Wage and Hour Class Action Decision

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“Depending on the nature of the claimed exemption and the facts of a particular case, a misclassification claim has the potential to raise numerous individual questions that may be difficult, or even impossible, to litigate...more

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