Class Certification Looms In Wage Suppression Case Law
Law360, New York (January 16, 2014, 12:48 AM EST) -- On Oct. 24, 2013, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California certified a class of employees in a wage suppression "no employee solicitation" antitrust case in In Re: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal. Oct. 24, 2013) ("High-Tech"). In an area in which plaintiffs have previously struggled, this is the second federal court decision, separated by just over a month, granting certification of a class of employees claiming wage suppression in violation of federal antitrust laws. See Cason-Merenda v. Detroit Medical Center, Case No. 06-15601, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131006 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 6, 2013) (certifying class of over 20,000 nurses in a wage suppression case involving the exchange of wage information). These types of claims merit employers' attention as the potential liability can be substantial if a class is certified....
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