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By: Christina Jaremus and Noah Finkel

Seyfarth Synopsis:  FLSA practitioners long have been aware that most courts hold that purely private releases of FLSA claims are void, and that a release of an FLSA claim is valid only if approved by the Department of Labor or a court.  A few courts have gone a step further and prohibited parties from …
Continue Reading Another Court Rejects The Approval Requirement For Individual FLSA Settlements

By Rob Whitman and Howard M. Wexler

As we have noted in previous posts, courts have been paying increasingly close attention to the terms of FLSA settlements and, on occasion, refusing to approve agreements where they are concerned by, for example, the amount of attorneys’ fees as compared to money going to the plaintiffs.

One judge who has swum…
Continue Reading Be Careful What You Wish For – At Least When Seeking Court Approval