January 07, 2022
Attorneys general from 18 states and Washington, D.C., told the U.S. Supreme Court that allowing a Taco Bell franchisee to arbitrate a proposed wage and hour class action after months of litigation would allow unfair gamesmanship.
January 05, 2022
A professional association of plaintiffs lawyers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Taco Bell franchisee's request to have a proposed wage and hour class action arbitrated eight months into litigation, calling it "gamesmanship" and a waste of court resources in a case that dates to 2018.
January 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court may have already heard its most controversial cases of the October 2021 term, but the next four months of oral arguments will feature fireworks of their own, including a tour de force on First Amendment law, immigrant rights, climate change policies and much more.
January 03, 2022
The new year is shaping up to be chock-full of cases for wage-and-hour attorneys to watch, including three before the U.S. Supreme Court that could expand employers' right to divert a suit to arbitration. Here are seven to keep an eye on.
November 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an hourly worker's request for it to decide whether a Taco Bell franchisee waived its right to have a wage and hour case heard out of court after already participating in the litigation for several months.