Court Certifies Antitrust Class Action In Nurse Wage Exchange Case

On September 13, 2013, Judge Rosen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an Opinion and Order in an alleged wage suppression antitrust case certifying a class of over 20,000 Registered Nurses (“RNs”) in Cason-Merenda, et al. v. Detroit Medical Center, Case No. 06-15601, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131006 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 6, 2013). The decision greatly raises the stakes for employers that engage in the exchange of wage information in ways that do not comply with the statements of enforcement policy issued jointly by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (“DOT/FTC Statements”).

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