W.D.Wash.: Plaintiffs’ Immigration Status Irrelevant To FLSA/RCW Claims;...
Bailon v. Seok AM No. 1 Corp. This case was before the court on plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss and motion for protective order. The issues presented turned largely around the question of whether the...
View ArticleE.D.N.Y.: Defendant Not Entitled To Discovery Of FLSA Plaintiff’s Immigration...
Widjaja v. Kang Yue USA Corp. This case was before the Court, in part, on defendants motion to compel discovery of plaintiffs’ immigration status. Joining the majority of Courts to have ruled on such...
View ArticleD.Md.: FLSA Plaintiffs Residing In Honduras May Testify At Trial Via...
Lopez v. NTI, LLC This case was before the Court on several motions. As discussed here, several of the plaintiffs who resided out of state and out of the country, requested that they be permitted to...
View ArticleN.D.Cal.: Undocumented Worker’s Submission Of False Documents To Obtain...
Ulin v. Lovell’s Antique Gallery This case was before the Court on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment on a variety of issues. As discussed here, the Defendants asserted that the...
View ArticleE.D.N.Y.: FLSA Defendants Not Entitled To Discovery Of Plaintiffs’ Full Tax...
Melendez v. Primavera Meats, Inc. Before the court was plaintiffs’ motion for a protective order barring defendants from obtaining their income tax returns. Reasoning that the defendants failed to...
View ArticleD.Mass.: FLSA Defendant Not Entitled to Discovery of Plaintiff’s Immigration...
Jin-Ming Lin v. Chinatown Restaurant Corp. This case was before the court on the parties cross-motions to compel discovery. It appears that, as often occurs, the defendant was all too happy to employ...
View ArticleE.D.N.Y.: Defendant Precluded From Offering Evidence of Plaintiffs’...
Solis v. Cindy’s Total Care, Inc. This case, brought by the Secretary of Labor, was before the court on the Secretary’s Motion in Limine to exclude any reference to plaintiffs’ immigration status at...
View ArticleE.D.N.Y.: Notice Language Advising Undocumented Immigrants That Their...
Enriquez v. Cherry Hill Market Corp. This case was before the court on the plaintiff’s motion for conditional certification. As discussed here, it is of interest, because of the language the court...
View ArticleRecent Conditional Certification Decisions of Interest
Anyone who has ever moved for or opposed a motion for conditional certification (i.e. a “Stage 1″ motion) of a collective action is likely familiar with the common defense tactic whereby a defendant...
View Article8th Cir.: Unauthorized Aliens May Sue Under the FLSA to Recover Damages for...
Lucas v. Jerusalem Cafe, LLC Following a jury verdict, in favor of the plaintiff-employees, the defendant-employer appealed. As discussed here, the defendant-employer contended that plaintiffs,...
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