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Litigation

Feb. 19, 2014

Defense attorneys feeling effects of 9th Circuit ruling in wage and hour cases

After years of district court judges remanding wage and hour class action litigation to plaintiff-friendly state courts, some defense attorneys say recent 9th Circuit guidance is keeping such cases before federal judges.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After years of district court judges remanding wage and hour class action litigation to plaintiff-friendly state courts, some defense-side labor and employment attorneys say recent guidance from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is beginning to help keep more of these cases in federal court.


Defense attorneys credit a new standard created as part of last year's decision in Rodriguez v. AT&am...

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