Class Actions

Nicole Whitecar and Justin Eller, lawyers in the firm's Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group, wrote an article for the Maryland State Bar Association's Bar Bulletin about the two-stage process to determine whether to certify a collective action under the FLSA.

Lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") have increased by 450 percent since 2010, and are now the most common type of employment lawsuit. Similarly, over the past several years, lawsuits brought under the collective action provision of the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), have represented one of the fastest growing areas of employment litigation.

Click here to read the full article.