KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- The Supreme Court's Bristol-Myers Squibb holding that state courts lack personal jurisdiction over defendants in cases involving state-law personal injury claims of non-forum plaintiffs has had implications throughout litigation in federal courts, including for FLSA collective actions.
- A recent petition for writ of certiorari addresses a circuit split that has divided courts over whether federal courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant in an FLSA collective action that includes opt-in plaintiffs who worked for the defendant outside the state where the court is located.
The United States Supreme Court has been asked to resolve a circuit split with potentially far-reaching implications for Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA)...
