Class and Collective Actions
No area of labor and employment law involves higher stakes or has grown faster as an area of concern for employers than Rule 23 class actions and FLSA collective actions. Statistics from the federal courts show an explosion of labor and employment class action litigation - up nearly 230 percent in just six years.
Barnes & Thornburg has the ability and experience in defending these high stakes employment cases bringing to bear the resources of one the nation's most highly rated labor and employment law practices. The recent expansion of our Los Angeles office has greatly enhanced Barnes & Thornburg's ability to defend clients in class, collective and representative actions, adding attorneys with experience in successfully resisting class certification and taking defensible cases up through trial.
Although the plaintiff's bar is continually varying the types of cases brought, these cases have included: