January 24, 2017
Major League Baseball asked a California federal court on Monday to consider a recent Ninth Circuit decision decertifying a class of Costco Wholesale workers as it deliberates over a renewed bid for class certification from minor league players suing over alleged wage-and-hour violations.
January 05, 2017
Minor league baseball players suing Major League Baseball for alleged wage-and-hour violations asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to consider a recent Ninth Circuit decision that affirmed class certification for a group of consumers without them demonstrating a reasonable way to identify members of the class.
November 07, 2016
Major League Baseball on Friday objected to a new model for determining hours worked referenced by a proposed class of minor leaguers as part of their renewed bid for class certification in a wage-and-hour lawsuit, arguing that the new model amounts to new evidence that should not be considered at this time.
October 31, 2016
Four minor league baseball players and a former employee of the Tampa Bay Rays again urged a California federal judge to allow them to join a proposed wage-and-hour class action against Major League Baseball, arguing the league's opposition is merely prefaced on stopping the proposed class from being able to obtain an injunction.
October 17, 2016
Major League Baseball fought a renewed bid for class certification from a group of minor league players who allege wage-and-hour violations, telling a California federal judge the players haven't fixed the issues that plagued their earlier bid for certification.
September 15, 2016
Minor league baseball players suing Major League Baseball for alleged wage-and-hour violations took another crack at class certification, telling a California federal judge on Wednesday that their new class structure is streamlined and remedies the issues that led to the decertification.
September 14, 2016
Four Minor League Baseball players and a former employee of the Tampa Bay Rays asked a California federal judge Wednesday for permission to get involved in a proposed wage-and-hour class action against Major League Baseball, saying they have the standing to intervene in the action.
September 01, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by minor league baseball players in a proposed wage-and-hour class action against Major League Baseball to temporarily vacate an order denying class certification to give them more time to appeal that decision, saying he is "not persuaded that these remedies are legally warranted."
August 29, 2016
Major League Baseball told a California federal court Monday that minor league baseball players who were denied class certification in a suit bringing federal wage-and-hour claims are improperly trying to get more time to file an appeal over the issue.
August 22, 2016
A California federal judge said Friday he would allow minor league baseball players suing Major League Baseball for alleged wage and hour violations to seek recertification, as long as the players narrow the proposed class' scope and address issues raised by the court.