Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New York recently announced that cases
filed under the FLSA and assigned to Judges Abrams, Briccetti,
Carter, Daniels, Ramos, Seibel, and Woods will be ordered directly
to mediation, before the initial Rule 16 conference, with limited
pre-mediation disclosures. If successful, other Districts may
implement similar procedures.
As we all know,
wage and hour litigation continues to soar to record highs. We
expect 2016 will be another record year and that the revisions to
the white
collar exemptions effective December 1st will further increase
the number of lawsuits around the country.
In an attempt to stem its ever-increasing caseload of FLSA
cases, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
York
recently announced that, beginning October 3, 2016, cases filed
under the FLSA and assigned to Judges Abrams, Briccetti, Carter,
Daniels, Ramos, Seibel, and Woods will be ordered directly
