End of the Road for Gross v. FBL Financial Services

Actually that's a misleading headline, what it should say is the end of the line for Jack Gross, the ill fated plaintiff whose lawsuit b...

Function Over Form: The Supreme Court's Realistic View of the FLSA

For those who think that one of the travesties of the recent history of employment law has been the explosion of FLSA collective action liti...

Arizona Immigration Law Valid According to Divided Supreme Court

To the political bonfire of illegal immigration, the U.S. Supreme Court has just dumped several gallons of petrol, with its decision upholdi...

Arbitration As Protection Against Class Actions

Today the Supreme Court gave a powerful tool for employers to avoid collective and class actions when it overturned the 9th Circuit's de...

With a Friend Like Justice Scalia ... Cat's Paw Decision Not Very Employer Friendly

Although viewed as one of THE most conservative justices, I am not sure anyone who is very knowledgeable about employment law relishes the i...

Another Interesting Development from Last Tuesday - $4 MDV for FLSA Retaliation

While most eyes were turned to the election results last Tuesday night, a former Los Angeles policeman was enjoying a $4 million dollar ver...