Class and Collective Actions

Class and Collective Actions Practice Group Leadership

Adam Klein Justin Swartz Rachel Bien
   Adam T. Klein      Justin M. Swartz         Rachel Bien

New York Attorneys, Nationwide Class Action Litigation

Outten & Golden’s class action and impact litigation practice has consistently sought to curb systemic employer abuses of workers, ranging from economic exploitation to gender- and race-based discrimination.

From offices in Manhattan and Stamford, Connecticut, Outten & Golden's class action team prosecutes cases nationwide involving:

Wage and Hour Violations:

  • Unpaid overtime and minimum wages
  • Off-the-clock practices (not paying workers for all time worked)
  • Time shaving
  • Overtime avoidance by misclassifying employees
  • Tip theft, misappropriated service charges, and other wage and hour claims on behalf of restaurant workers
  • Unlawful deductions from wages

Employment Discrimination:

  • Promotion and compensation claims based on gender or race, including glass ceilings and sticky floors
  • Account assignment/business allocation discrimination based on gender in the financial services industry
  • Hiring discrimination based on criminal records
  • Hiring discrimination based on credit history

Contact nationwide class action attorneys

For more information or to schedule a free consultation with an experienced class action attorney, please contact us.

For information on active class actions handled by our firm

Class and Collective Actions - Articles of Interest

Best Practices in Complex Employment Litigation: Contacting EmployeesPDF (134KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Tarik F. Ajami and Mark R. Humowiecki
Outten & Golden LLP

Complex Wage Litigation - Use of Statistical EvidencePDF (132KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein and Tarik F. Ajami
Outten & Golden LLP

Eight-Minute Electronic DiscoveryPDF (65KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Esq., Tarik F. Ajami, Esq., Douglas C. James, Esq. and Rachel Wilhelm
Outten & Golden LLP

The Fair Labor Standards Act - Settlements 101PDF (102KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Mark R. Humowiecki and Tarik F. Ajami
Outten & Golden LLP

Retaliatory Counterclaims: Turning the Tables on the Overly Aggressive DefendantPDF (64KB - PDF)
by Tarik F. Ajami, Esq., Justin M. Swartz, Esq. and Mark R. Humowiecki, Esq.
Outten & Golden LLP

Use of ADR Procedures to Resolve Complex Employment Discrimination
Litigation From a Plaintiffs’ Perspective: No Thanks.PDF
(128KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Tarik F. Ajami and Mark R. Humowiecki
Outten & Golden LLP

When Outsourcing Cheats WorkersPDF (42KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Esq. and Mark R. Humowiecki, Esq.
Outten & Golden LLP

Employer Credit-History Checks and Criminal Record
Checks of Job Applicants for Hiring Decisions: The Illegality under Title VII Disparate Impact DoctrinePDF
(77KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, ReNika Moore, Scott A. Moss
Outten & Golden LLP

Off-The-Clock Claims From The Employee’s PerspectivePDF (185KB - PDF)
by Adam T. Klein, Sean Farhang
Outten & Golden LLP

Whose Clients Are They? Contacting Putative Class MembersPDF (105KB - PDF)
by Cara Greene and Jill Maxwell
ABA-LEL Newsletter Spring 2007


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