Wage and Hour Class and Collective Action Settlement Strategies
Evaluating Settlement Options and Negotiating the Damages Award
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to employment litigators for evaluating whether, when and how to settle a wage and hour class or collective action. The panel will discuss how damages should be calculated and tactics for increasing the likelihood of obtaining court approval of the settlement award.
Description
Settlements reached in wage and hour cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law have increased significantly in dollar amount over the past few years. The 10 largest class action wage and hour settlements in 2010 totaled $336.5 million.
Effective settlement strategies can minimize the time and expense of FLSA litigation. Employment counsel should proactively plan for these and other key issues: whether settlement is appropriate, when to begin settlement discussions, and how taxes will impact the settlement payments.
Listen as our authoritative panel of employment litigators discusses best practices for weighing a settlement decision, determining how damages should be calculated, and ensuring court approval of the settlement award.
Outline
- Evaluating when to consider settlement
- Assessing risk of exposure and calculating potential damages
- Obtaining enforceable settlement agreements
- Court-supervised settlements
- DOL-supervised settlements
- Tax considerations for settlement payments
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What factors should employment counsel take into account when determining whether settlement discussions are appropriate and the best option for settlement?
- What are the key considerations for counsel when structuring a settlement to meet clients' best interests and obtain court approval?
- What factors should counsel consider when evaluating the tax impact on settlement payments?
Faculty
A. Craig Cleland,
Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Atlanta
He defends employers in litigation—including in class actions—and counsels them on compliance and risk management. He is also Co-Chair of the firm’s Class Action Practice Group. He teaches Employment Discrimination Law as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
Rachel M. Bien,
Outten and Golden, New York
She represents employees in individual discrimination cases and wage-and-hour class actions. Before joining the firm, she clerked for Judge Thomas G. Nelson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association.
Douglas Weiner,
Senior Trial Counsel
Epstein Becker & Green, New York
He has 30 years of federal wage and hour litigation experience. Prior to joining the firm, he was Senior Trial Attorney for the New York Regional Solicitor's Office of the U.S. DOL, where he was lead prosecutor on the Northeast Region's most significant and difficult wage and hour and whistleblower retaliation cases, including those pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley, OSHA and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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