December 09, 2015
The biggest labor and employment rulings in 2015 show that federal agencies and courts continue to grapple with the employer-employee relationship, a tension attorneys say will only continue as modern advances alter how we view work.
February 10, 2015
The Second Circuit on Tuesday revived a wage-and-hour class action against a New York Applebee's franchisee, ruling a lower court misinterpreted the Supreme Court's Comcast decision when it nixed class certification.
February 02, 2015
An Applebee's franchisee has told the Second Circuit that restaurant workers appealing the denial of class certification in a wage-and-hour case incorrectly argued that a recent First Circuit ruling in Nexium antitrust litigation bolsters their class claims, saying the Nexium ruling is irrelevant.
January 27, 2015
Restaurant workers suing Applebee's franchisee T.L. Cannon Corp. for wage violations have urged the Second Circuit to overturn a ruling denying them class certification, arguing that a recent First Circuit antitrust ruling adopted their interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court's Comcast decision.
September 08, 2014
An attorney for drugstore operator Duane Reade Inc. and restaurant chain Applebee's told the Second Circuit on Monday that separate employment suits against the companies shouldn't proceed as class actions in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Comcast v. Behrend.
July 09, 2014
The Seventh Circuit's application of the U.S. Supreme Court's Comcast precedent to a proposed product liability class action against a roofing company does not support a group of Applebee's workers' bid to allege wage law violations as a class, a restaurant franchisee said Tuesday.
July 07, 2014
The Seventh Circuit's recent application of the U.S. Supreme Court's Comcast precedent to let consumers seek class status in a product liability suit against a roofing company bolsters a class certification bid from Applebee's workers alleging New York wage law violations, the employees have told the Second Circuit.
November 25, 2013
The interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court's Comcast decision embraced by a trial judge who denied class certification to workers who sued an Applebee's franchisee could be a "stake through the heart" of class litigation, the National Employment Lawyers Association told the Second Circuit on Friday.
November 15, 2013
A trial judge misinterpreted the U.S. Supreme Court's Comcast decision when he denied class certification to restaurant workers in a wage-and-hour suit against an Applebee's franchisee because of the need for individual damages calculations, the workers told the Second Circuit Friday.