Bringing some degree of clarity to the murky question of whether parties can dismiss a pending FLSA lawsuit on their own volition, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that any dismissal with prejudice requires “the approval of the district court or the DOL to take effect.” Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House
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Fifth Circuit Narrows Its Holding Regarding Waiver of FLSA Claims Without Supervision
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Litigation
In 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that union members who worked on a film shoot and later brought FLSA claims subsequently waived those claims through a private agreement between their union and the production company. Martin v. Spring Break ’83 Productions, L.L.C., 688 F.3d 247 (5th Cir. 2012).…