Selected Experience

• The California Court of Appeal recently confirmed a favorable class action settlement over repeated protests by an objector (and his attorney). The California Supreme Court refused to take the matter up on review and so the settlement stands.
• In a recent national class and collective action, after a hard-fought battle, we negotiated a low settlement for the company such that it could continue to operate and would not be crippled by the settlement payments.
• Not all class and collective actions in the wage and hour arena are settled. We obtained summary judgment in a case that was filed as a nationwide class action challenging a restaurant chain's tip sharing policy. The 6th Circuit affirmed, holding that the DOL's opinion letters that would have declared the company policy to be illegal were entitled to no deference.
• In Florida, our team recently obtained summary judgment against a putative class of truck drivers, claiming that the Motor Carrier Act exemption served as a defense. This summary judgment affected not only the Florida class members, but established a precedent that the company and other employers could use to defend against future class actions in other jurisdictions.