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In Titillating Case, Court Compels Strip Club Dancers to Engage Individually …in Arbitration

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions

A few weeks ago, I indicated (in posts here and here) that the AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion case would have a huge impact on forcing arbitrations of employment matters and limiting class actions. An important new federal District Court case in Connecticut decided yesterday, D’Antuono v. Service Road Corp., (download here) has shown that to be… Continue Reading

The Quickly Shifting Landscape of Class Actions and Arbtirations

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions, Litigation, Wage & Hour

Now that the dust has settled a bit, it’s time to look at the long-term impact of last month’s Supreme Court decision in AT&T v. Concepcion for employment matters.  (For a great analysis of the decision itself, see this SCOTUSblog post.)  All the analysis that has been coming out seems to suggest that there are two main… Continue Reading

Are Some Employment Law Class Actions in Jeopardy? New Supreme Court Case Suggests Path

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions, Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation, Wage & Hour

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision,  yesterday held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws that discuss or limit arbitration agreements on the availability of class action arbitration procedures.  The case, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (download here) isn’t an employment law case (it concerns whether AT&T should have charged consumers sales tax on… Continue Reading

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Rules on Applying Pregnancy Leaves for Pension Credits Pre-PDA

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

UPDATED 5/19/09 The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this morning. First, in a 7-2 decision, the Court held that an employer (inthis case AT&T) did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it gave less retirement credit for pregnancy leaves that occurred prior to the passage of the act.  In addition, the Court… Continue Reading