Christa Fischer, et al v. Federal Express Corp, et al

  1. July 31, 2024

    Collective Wage Suits On Multistate Employers At A Crossroad

    Evolving state laws and court precedents are making an impact on where a multistate employer may be sued, taking on new prominence as a trend of restricting collective actions to individuals who worked in the states where the cases were filed spreads across federal circuits, attorneys told Law360.

  2. July 31, 2023

    Justices' Ruling May Reopen A Path For Pa. Wage Suits

    A U.S. Supreme Court decision that unstuck a worker's compensation suit against Norfolk Southern may have reopened opportunities for workers to mount wage and hour claims in Pennsylvania that the Third Circuit closed a year ago in an unrelated case, attorneys told Law360.

  3. December 20, 2022

    A Look Back At 2022's Biggest Wage-Hour Rulings

    Challenges to U.S. Department of Labor minimum wage regulations and questions about whether employers must pay for time workers spend in preshift COVID-19 screenings took a prominent role in the past year of wage and hour litigation. Here, Law360 revisits five major wage and hour decisions that made a significant impact.

  4. August 17, 2022

    Big Wage Suits Tricky To Navigate As Circuit Split Lingers

    Two appeals court rulings that cracked down on wage and hour group litigation have led to a circuit split that remains in place after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in. Here, Law360 marks the rulings' first anniversary by examining their impact and limits over the last 12 months.

  5. July 26, 2022

    3rd Circ. Says FedEx OT Suit Is Only For Pa. Workers

    Security specialists whose misclassification claims seeking unpaid overtime arose out of Pennsylvania cannot join a collective suit against FedEx, the Third Circuit said Tuesday, affirming a lower court's decision limiting the collective only to those who worked in the state.

  6. January 26, 2022

    Let Plaintiffs Outside Pa. Into FedEx Wage Suit, 3rd Circ. Told

    Former FedEx security specialists urged the Third Circuit to undo a Pennsylvania federal court's exclusion of claims by out-of-state plaintiffs in a collective wage action alleging overtime pay violations, arguing Wednesday that the ruling undermines the streamlined litigation mechanism of federal labor law.

  7. January 24, 2022

    Circuit Split Snarls Plaintiffs' Venue Options In Big Wage Suits

    Plaintiffs' lawyers have to carefully consider where to initiate wage and hour suits now that circuit courts are split about whether a collective action filed in one state may include individuals who worked for the defendant in a different state, attorneys told Law360.

  8. January 06, 2022

    3rd Circ. Preview: Constitution, Arbitration Fights Start 2022

    Constitutional law will dominate Third Circuit arguments this month in cases brought by pharmaceutical companies claiming injuries over delayed industry accreditation and landlords battling New Jersey's pandemic relief for renters, while arbitration matters muddle both a union's fight with Merck and a water pump contract dispute.