Benedict v. Hewlett-Packard Company

  1. January 05, 2017

    HP Denied Bid To Seal Individual Worker OT Settlements

    A California federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. and three technical support workers to file their individual settlement agreements about overtime pay under seal, citing the public interest in Fair Labor Standards Act suits.

  2. July 13, 2016

    HP Wins Bid To Decertify Collective In Overtime Suit

    A California federal judge decertified a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action by Hewlett Packard Co. tech support employees who alleged the company shorted them on overtime pay, saying Wednesday that their jobs weren't similar enough.

  3. April 08, 2016

    Ex-HP Tech Workers Lose Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit

    A California federal court has refused to certify three classes of ex-HP technical support consultants in California, Colorado and Massachusetts, after conditionally certifying a national opt-in class of roughly 10,000 workers in the unpaid-overtime collective action, according to a filing made public Friday.

  4. February 13, 2014

    HP Employees Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday granted conditional certification to a group of employees at Hewlett-Packard Co. who claim the company skimped on overtime pay, siding with the plaintiffs in the collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  5. January 23, 2014

    HP, Sidley Austin Escape Sanctions In Overtime Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to sanction Hewlett Packard Co. and Sidley Austin LLP for allegedly making false statements about the named plaintiff in a proposed overtime class action against HP, finding they plausibly claimed he illegally copied his hard drive before leaving the company.

  6. January 21, 2014

    HP Counterclaims Survive In Overtime Class Action

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Hewlett-Packard Co.'s counterclaims in a putative overtime class action, ruling the computer giant had properly claimed it suffered damages after the lead plaintiff copied proprietary information before quitting.

  7. September 11, 2013

    Sidley Austin, HP Face Sanctions Bid In OT Class Action

    A putative class of Hewlett-Packard Co. employees suing the computer giant for skimping on overtime pay slapped the company and the Sidley Austin LLP attorneys representing it with a motion for sanctions Monday, claiming they had made false statements about the named plaintiff.