The Second Circuit Orders A Double Bundle—Will Consider Impact of Comcast On Two Wage And Hour Class Actions

Earlier this week, the Second Circuit agreed to hear an appeal from the Southern District of New Yorkconcerning the impact of Comcast on wage and hour class actions.  The court will consider this appeal “in tandem” with Roach v. T.L. Cannon Corp.—another employment class action from the Northern District of New York.  While other Circuits have considered Comcast generally—including the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Leyva v. Medline Indus., Inc., a factually distinguishable wage and hour case—the Second Circuit is now in position to render the most substantive and far-reaching interpretation of Comcast in the wage and hour context to date.  

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