By Christopher DeGroff, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Lily M. Strumwasser

This week the Fourth Circuit put its foot down on a decision almost eleven years in the making, ordering the government to pay Propack Logistics $189,113.50 in attorneys’ fees.  This welcome news brings the EEOC’s long battle in EEOC v. Propak Logistics Inc., Case No. 13-CV-1687
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By Timothy F. Haley

On March 7, 2014, Judge Gerald Rosen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an opinion and order fully reinstating his September 13, 2013, order granting the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in Cason-Merenda v. VHS of Michigan, Inc., Case No. 06‑15601, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29447 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 
Continue Reading District Court Reinstates Class Certification Order In Wage Suppression Case; Rules Comcast Does Not Apply

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Last week we published the 2014 Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. We are pleased with the positive press we received from commentators, including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Corporate Counsel, Law360, Insurance Business America, and Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report and Class Action Reporter (here, here, here, here,
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