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Mar. 13, 2007

Precertification, Stores' Lawyers Crush Class

SANTA ANA - In a rare pre-emptive strike, attorneys for a national chain of boutiques have clobbered overtime suits by store managers before the plaintiffs' lawyers could ask for certification as a class action.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - In a rare pre-emptive strike, attorneys for a national chain of boutiques have clobbered overtime suits by store managers before the plaintiffs' lawyers could ask for certification as a class action.
      Relying on a never-cited California Rule of Court and a plethora of declarations from seemingly satisfied store managers, attorn...

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