As many of the postings in this blog reflect, there has been a veritable flood of class and collective actions asserting wage and hour violations.  But even apart from Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 603 F.3d 571 (9th Cir.), cert. granted, 131 S.Ct. 795 (2010), now pending before the United States Supreme Court, discrimination cases … Continue Reading