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7th Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification for Disparate Impact Subclasses

By Steven J. Pearlman, Edward Young and Alyssa M. Cook on Posted in Class/Collective Action
Seventh Circuit SealOn January 6, 2022, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois erred in denying class certification to putative subclasses of unsuccessful Black job applicants who alleged that hiring exams used by the Cook County Department of Corrections (“DOC”) resulted in a disparate impact on … Continue Reading

Massachusetts SJC Weighs in on Wage Act Class Actions and Offers of Judgment

By Mark W. Batten, Samantha Regenbogen Manelin and Thomas B. Fiascone on Posted in Class/Collective Action, Wage and Hour
On Friday April 12, 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed that plaintiffs seeking to bring class actions asserting Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act”) violations must meet the certification standards set by Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 23 (“Rule 23”), and cannot avail themselves of a lower bar to class certification. In Gammella v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, … Continue Reading
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