Tag Archives: Class Action Settlement

Sixth Circuit Affirms Complex Settlement of FLSA Claims Involving Exotic Dancers

By Greg Mersol on June 6, 2019 Posted in Wage and Hour

An FLSA collective action involving exotic dancers is brought in 2008 and settles in 2011. Five years later, the same attorneys file essentially the same case with many of the same dancers as class members against some of the same defendants. And one of those defendants has the name “Déjà vu.” What are the odds? … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Rejects Class Action Settlement With Key Documents Under Seal

By Dustin Dow on June 7, 2016 Posted in Collective Action

All’s not fair in secretive class-action settlements. If class actions are the exception (see Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes), then class-action settlements are a reflection of that exception. Specifically, the secrecy that might otherwise accompany dispute resolution is usually not permitted in class-action settlement, whether pursuant to Rule 23 or under the Fair Labor Standards … Continue Reading

California Appellate Court Rejects Class Action Settlement Due to Excessive Attorney Fees

By Greg Mersol on November 19, 2014 Posted in Wage and Hour

Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered, so the saying goes. As we’ve noted before on Oct. 7, June 5, and Dec. 18, courts are starting to examine attorney fee awards in class action settlements much more closely, and the results often aren’t exactly pretty. The most recent example is the case of Lofton v. … Continue Reading

California District Court Rejects Yet Another Class Settlement

By Greg Mersol on November 17, 2014 Posted in Wage and Hour

“Another one bites the dust…” In yet another decision rejecting a settlement of an employment class action, the Northern District of California refused to approve a settlement of a wage and hour suit due to numerous problems with the resolution reached between the parties. In Myles v. AlliedBarton Security Services, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-05661-JD (N.D. … Continue Reading