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Court Limits Notice Despite Conditional Certification

By Jeffrey Vlasek on July 5, 2012 Posted in Class Certification, FLSA

Mad Men is a show known for many things: it’s a snapshot of the style and attitudes of the 1960’s, an accurate representation of the themes and difficulties of that period, and it thrives on the “slow burn” story lines that typically take an entire season to unfold before reaching conclusion. Indeed, it is a … Continue Reading

Court Decertifies FLSA Collective Action Against IBM

By Greg Mersol on March 13, 2012 Posted in Class Certification, FLSA, Off-the-clock

We’ve commented before that employers defending collective actions under the FLSA generally fare far better on a motion to decertify than one for conditional certification, and a recent case reflects that fact. In Seward v. International Business Machine Corp.pdf., Case No. 08-CV-3976 (S.D. N.Y., March 9, 2012), the plaintiffs sought to represent a class of … Continue Reading