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Eleventh Circuit Rejects DOL Test in Internship Collective Action

By Greg Mersol on September 24, 2015 Posted in Collective Action

It is almost an axiom that the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., passed in 1938, is out of date. Despite modest tweaks since the time it was enacted, a particularly dark time in the Great Depression, it is based on an economy that vanished decades ago. This reality pops up … Continue Reading

New York District Court Conditionally Certifies Class of Interns

By Greg Mersol on August 20, 2014 Posted in Collective Action, Conditional Certification, FLSA

A Blog About Bloggers Have you read any of the following lately? “Chinese Government Fans the Flames of the Ebola Zombie Rumors” “Arrested for Marijuana, Jackie Chan’s Son Could Face Execution” “Who is Dumpling All These Tuxedo Cats at a California Animal Shelter?” These are all recent headlines from various blogs run by Gawker Media … Continue Reading