It’s back! We can’t promise that it will appear weekly, so we changed the name to Class Action Blogosphere “Periodic” Review. But, as always, we have combed through our favorite blogs and news feeds to bring our readers up to speed on a some of the notable developments in class action news. The End of [...]
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Class Action Blogosphere Periodic Review
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Consumer Class Actions, Employment Class Actions, Securities Class Actions, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged all writs act, ascertainability, AT&T Mobility, class action waiver, class arbitration waiver, collateral estoppel, concepcion, consumer class action, expert witness discovery, fast food class action, hooters, mcdonald's class action, oppression remedy, rule 26(a)(2), securities class action, wage and hour class action on November 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Baker Hostetler Employment Group Launches Employment Class Action Blog
Posted in Employment Class Actions, Other class action blogs, tagged amlaw 100, amlaw 200, baker & hosetler, Baker Hostetler, employment class action, employment litigation, lexblog on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With the help of Kevin O’Keefe’s LexBlog, Baker Hostetler’s employment group has come blazing into the world of 21st century social media with its new law blog, aptly named Employment Class Action Blog. The quality entries submitted so far include case summaries, practice tips, legislative updates, and analysis covering a variety of employment class action-related topics. [...]
Seyfarth Shaw Report Tracks Trends in Workplace Class and Collective Actions
Posted in Class Action Trends, Employment Class Actions, tagged employment and labor, employment class action, ERISA Class Action, labor class action, workplace class action on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Karen Sloan authored this January 21 article in The National Law Journal (available at Law.com) summarizing a recent report by Chicago employment defense firm Seyfarth Shaw summarizing trends in employment-related class and collective actions in 2008. The NLJ article’s summary offers the not-so-surprising conclusion that the poor economy is helping to fuel a surge in class and collective actions [...]
Workforce.com Article Provides Tips for Employers to Reduce Class Action Exposure
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, Employment Class Actions, Practice Tips, tagged age discrimination, discrimination, EEOC, employee, FLSA, gender discrimination, race discrimination, reductions-in-force, sex discrimination, Title VII on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Employers facing potential layoffs might find interesting a recent article in Workforce.com about the risk of potential class actions as a result of reductions in force. The article addresses the EEOC’s stated strategy to increase class action filings against employers and provides tips on measures that can be taken to minimize class action exposure. http://www.workforce.com/section/09/feature/25/45/73/254577.html

