October 28, 2022
While tracking cases related to their own practice, intellectual property attorneys may not have seen that, elsewhere in law, judges have cracked down on attorneys acting poorly, a new justice heard her first oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court and satirical news site The Onion made a plea to the high court in support of parody. Here, Law360 breaks down why seemingly irrelevant developments are worth your time.
October 25, 2022
FedEx and two former delivery drivers who worked for the company through an independent contractor settled wage and hour claims concerning $13,000 in back pay in California federal court Tuesday, a day after a jury trial began over whether FedEx is jointly liable for alleged labor law violations.
October 24, 2022
Counsel for former FedEx delivery drivers hired through an independent contractor told a California federal jury during opening statements Monday that FedEx is jointly liable for failing to pay overtime and provide breaks, while FedEx's attorney argued it played no role in their employment and the contractor is solely responsible.
October 21, 2022
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a trial to start in a wage and hour case against FedEx by delivery drivers. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
October 14, 2022
In the coming week, a Ninth Circuit panel will hear oral arguments by CVS and opponents over a more than $10 million settlement in a wage and hour class action involving approximately 24,000 pharmacy workers. Here's a look at those arguments and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
October 03, 2022
A California federal judge laid out the ground rules Monday for an upcoming jury trial over FedEx delivery drivers' claims the company violated Golden State labor laws, saying masks are still required and recommending each side have early-career, diverse attorneys give arguments.
April 25, 2022
A California federal judge said Monday that two delivery drivers cannot bring Private Attorneys General Act claims against FedEx, ruling that the workers haven't shown they can manageably litigate the suit alleging the company stiffed 20,000 workers on overtime and breaks.
August 19, 2021
Delivery drivers employed by a FedEx Ground Package System contractor failed to sufficiently show that overtime and meal and rest break issues predominated enough for them to move forward together as a class, a California federal court ruled.
December 01, 2020
Delivery drivers employed by a FedEx Ground Package System Inc. contractor have urged a California federal judge to certify their class in a suit alleging that the contractor and FedEx are joint employers and responsible for wage and hour violations.