Hybrid FLSA Collective Actions and State Wage and Hour Class Actions
Navigating Complexities of Opt-In Collective Actions and Rule 23 Opt-Out Class Actions
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webcast with Q&A
This CLE video webcast will examine the unique strategic issues hybrid wage/hour cases present for employment litigators and offer practical tips for navigating Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions and state wage and hour class claims simultaneously.
Outline
- Recent trends and case law developments in FLSA hybrid collective and class actions
- Considerations for litigating hybrid cases
- Removal considerations
- Jurisdictional issues, including CAFA
- Class certification issues
- Settlement issues
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Latest trends in hybrid wage and hour class and collective actions
- Advantages to plaintiffs of filing hybrid class actions
- Effective strategies for employment litigators seeking to defeat a hybrid claim
- Challenges of settling hybrid class and collective actions
Faculty

William J. Anthony
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Mr. Anthony is Co-Leader of the firm’s Class Actions and Complex Litigation Practice Group. He has handled... | Read More
Mr. Anthony is Co-Leader of the firm’s Class Actions and Complex Litigation Practice Group. He has handled numerous class and collective actions, including wage and hour claims alleging claims for improper payment of bonuses, misclassification of customer service employees, dispatchers, assistant retail managers, time share resort salespeople, pharmaceutical sales representatives and installation technicians and failure to pay minimum wage to tipped employees.
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Noel P. Tripp
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Mr. Tripp practices exclusively in employment law and has been involved in matters pending before federal and state... | Read More
Mr. Tripp practices exclusively in employment law and has been involved in matters pending before federal and state courts and administrative agencies covering the gamut of employment-related matters from discrimination and workplace harassment to wage/hour disputes and affirmative-action compliance. His principal focus is the defense of class and collective action lawsuits under federal and state wage-and-hour laws.
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