Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal challenging an almost $6 million judgment awarded in a class action case against Tyson Foods, Inc.  See Bouaphakeo, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No, 12-3753 (8th Cir. 2014).

The Court will decide  (1) whether, in a class or collective action, liability and damages may

Back in March we wrote about the group of former unpaid interns from Gawker Media’s Manhattan office suing to recover back pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and their desire to use social media to encourage plaintiffs to opt-in. After the Court ultimately denied their request, the plaintiffs submitted yet another  plan

Regardless of whether a class is opt-in or opt-out, providing class notice is a challenge.  As technology evolves, so does the ability to reach class members who would otherwise be unreachable.  But as attorneys increasingly seek to utilize non-traditional methods of class notification, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, courts have struggled to draw appropriate