Noah A.Finkel
Partner
Labor & Employment
nfinkel@seyfarth.com
Noah has represented companies in nearly 200 actual or putative collective and/or class action matters.
More About Noah
Noah's principal area of concentration lies in wage-and-hour matters, in which he has represented companies in nearly 200 actual or putative collective and/or class action matters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and/or state wage-and-hour laws. He also regularly advises companies on compliance with the FLSA and state wage-and-hour laws, including the performance of exempt status reviews and pay practice audits.
Noah co-chairs the national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group and is one of three editors-in-chief of the treatise Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, a more than 1000-page book devoted to the litigation of wage & hour matters. The treatise literally is “the book” on wage & hour litigation. Noah was lead counsel for Epic Systems in the district and appellate courts, and co-counsel at the United States Supreme Court, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which established that employers lawfully may require employees to enter into an arbitration agreement containing a waiver of the ability to participate in a class or collective action against their employer.
When not litigating or counseling on wage-hour matters, Noah manages labor and employment matters for several companies. In that capacity, he acts as a trusted advisor in counseling companies in several labor and employment areas, defends them in high-value cases, and manages their routine litigation.
Noah has been Ranked in Band 3 for Labor & Employment by Chambers USA, while Benchmark Litigation has recognized Noah as Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year in 2019 and as Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator in 2022.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Noah was law clerk to the United States District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Noah co-chairs the national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group and is one of three editors-in-chief of the treatise Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, a more than 1000-page book devoted to the litigation of wage & hour matters. The treatise literally is “the book” on wage & hour litigation. Noah was lead counsel for Epic Systems in the district and appellate courts, and co-counsel at the United States Supreme Court, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which established that employers lawfully may require employees to enter into an arbitration agreement containing a waiver of the ability to participate in a class or collective action against their employer.
When not litigating or counseling on wage-hour matters, Noah manages labor and employment matters for several companies. In that capacity, he acts as a trusted advisor in counseling companies in several labor and employment areas, defends them in high-value cases, and manages their routine litigation.
Noah has been Ranked in Band 3 for Labor & Employment by Chambers USA, while Benchmark Litigation has recognized Noah as Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year in 2019 and as Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator in 2022.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Noah was law clerk to the United States District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- JD, University of Michigan Law School
Associate Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (1992-1993)
- BA, University of Michigan
With distinction
The Michigan Daily, editor-in-chief (1990)
- Illinois
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- US District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court, Western District of Michigan
- US District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
- US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- US District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Related Services
- Agency Investigations & Audits
- Class & Collective Actions
- Complex Discrimination Litigation
- Employment
- Employment Litigation
- Independent Worker Strategies
- Wage Hour Audit, Assessment & Advice
- Wage Hour Class & Collective Actions
- Wage Hour Government Compliance & Enforcement Actions
- Wage Hour Private Equity Due Diligence
- Workplace Arbitration & ADR
- Workplace Privacy & Biometrics
Related Key Industries
Blogs
- Case experience is available upon request.
Related News & Insights
-
Blog Post
Dec 20, 2024
Frying the Certification: Fourth Circuit Turns Up the Heat, Reversing Class Certification Decision for Bojangles Shift Managers In Wage Suit
-
Blog Post
Dec 10, 2024
The Facts Matter: Publix Defeats Certification of Off-The-Clock Assistant Manager Claims
-
Legal Update
Nov 18, 2024
2016 All Over Again: Texas Judge Rejects FLSA Exemption Salary Hike, Restores $35,568 Minimum
-
Media Mentions
11/04/2024
Michael Wexler and Noah Finkel Discuss the Election’s Potential Impact on Non-Compete and Overtime Rules in Forbes
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Employment Law - Management (2016-2025); Litigation - Labor and Employment (2023-2025)
- Ranked Band 3 for Labor & Employment (Illinois) by Chambers USA (2022-2024); Ranked Band 4 for Labor & Employment (Illinois) (2017-2021)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2019, 2021-2024)
- Recognized as Top 50 Labor & Employment Litigator (2023), Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator (2022), a Labor & Employment Star (2020-2021, 2023), and Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year (2019) by Benchmark Litigation (Euromoney Institutional Investor)
- BTI Client Service All-Star Attorney, BTI Consulting Group (2017)
- Listed in Illinois Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) for Employment & Labor (2005-2022)
- Co-Author, “2016 All Over Again: Texas Judge Rejects FLSA Exemption Salary Hike, Restores $35,568 Minimum,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 18, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Fifth Circuit Ruling: 2019 Salary Threshold Increase Did Not Exceed Authority,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 12, 2024)
- Co-Author, "From Leniency to Scrutiny: The New FLSA Certification Landscape," Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2024)
- Co-Author, “The De Minimis Doctrine Lives to Fight Another Day,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 17, 2024)
- Co-Author, “A Four-Day Workweek? What Employers Can Expect from Congress’ Newest Fight for a 32-Hour Workweek,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 22, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Working Overtime: Is Publication of DOL’s OT Exemption Rule Imminent?” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 5, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Calling Your Wage and Hour Lawyer Might Save Your Company $22 Million,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 25, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Tenth Circuit Shows How to Defeat Cert on Off-the-Clock Claims,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, "DOL Delivers A Proposed Salary Bump to FLSA Overtime Thresholds for Labor Day," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 31, 2023)
- Co-Author, “The Biden Administration Issued Its Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda . . . in (Late) Spring 2023! What’s in the Works for DOL Rulemaking, Including on a New Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees?” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 16, 2023)
- Co-Author, “It So Happens That The De Minimis Doctrine Is Only Mostly Dead: District Court Holds That Boot Up Time In Call Center Generally Is Non-Compensable,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 1, 2023)
- Co-Author, “A ‘Strong Likelihood’ of Change: Sixth Circuit Joins the Fifth in Raising the FLSA Certification Bar,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 22, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Not Remotely Helpful: DOL Issues Guidance on Compensability of Teleworking Breaks,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, “The Biden Administration Issued Its Latest Regulatory Agenda – What’s on Tap for DOL in 2023?,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Courts Begin Ruling on Compensability of Covid-19 Screening Time,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 6, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Meet the New Interpretation, (Pretty Much the) Same as the Old Interpretation: the DOL Proposes Its Own Independent Contractor Definition for the FLSA," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 11, 2022)
- Co-Author, “Another Court Rejects The Approval Requirement For Individual FLSA Settlements,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 19, 2022)
- Co-Author, “October Surprise? DOL Proposal for Exempt Status Minimum Salary Hike Could be Coming 10/2022,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 22, 2022)
- Co-Author, “Prejudice will no longer be considered when deciding if a waiver of arbitration occurred; Not to worry, arbitration clauses still as enforceable as ever,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 25, 2022)
- Co-Author, "DOL Proposes Its First-Ever Interpretation on Independent Contractor vs. Employee," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 22, 2020)
- Co-Author, "DOL Announces Rule Clarifying Joint Employment Under FLSA," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 12, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Illinois Supreme Court Opens Floodgates For Damages In Class Actions Alleging Violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”)," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 25, 2019)
- Co-Author, "New Year Brings New Illinois Expense Reimbursement Law," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 3, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Check, Please! DOL Issues Opinion Letter Ending Its 20% Tip Credit Rule," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 15, 2018)
- Co-Author, Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012; updated 2018)
- Co-Author, "A Class Waiver Can Be A Condition of Employment," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 21, 2018)
- Co-Author, “The Death Knell for Tip Pooling?” Modern Restaurant Management (January 2, 2018)
- Co-Author, "Will the Supreme Court Finally Remove Doubt That an Employer Can Mandate That Employees Enter into Arbitration Agreements with Class Waivers?," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 25, 2017)
- Co-Author, “How to Manage Wage-Hour Risks in an Acquisition,” Mergers & Acquisitions (August 21, 2017)
- Co-Author, "U.S. Department of Labor Expansively Defines Joint Employment Under FLSA," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 20, 2016)
- Co-Author, "How Hospitality Industry Employers Can Navigate the New White-Collar Overtime Rules: Turning Legal Change Into Business Opportunity," Hospitality Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 7, 2015)
- Co-Author, "Insights: Supreme Court Win for Employers," Chain Store Age (December 12, 2014)
- Co-Author, "Oregon Court Invalidates Revised Tip-Pool Regulations And Sides With Hospitality Industry Group In Fight With DOL," Hospitality Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 12, 2013)
- Co-Author, "U.S. Department of Labor Expansively Defines Joint Employment Under FLSA," Westlaw Journal of Thompson Reuters (February 17, 2013)
- Co-Author, “Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Ruling: How This Win For Employers Impacts Wage & Hour Class Actions,” 25 Westlaw Journal: Employment, 25 (July 12, 2011).
- Co-Author, “Healthcare Employers Under Attack: The Rise of Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits,” 13 CCH Health Care Compliance Letter, 14 (July 13, 2010).
- Editor in Chief, “Recent Trends in Defending Federal Wage & Hour Complex Litigation,” a 152-page paper Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2009).
- Co-Author, “Defending Hybrid FLSA Collective and State Wage and Hour Class Actions,” 2007 Midwinter Meeting of the Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee for the Labor & Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association (March 27-31, 2007).
- Author, “State Wage-and-Hour Law Class Actions: The Real Wave of ‘FLSA’ Litigation?” 7 Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 101 (2003), cited in Ellis v. Edward Jones Co., 427 F. Supp.2d 43 (W.D. Pa. 2009).
- Chapter Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2006 Cumulative Supplement, Contributing Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 Cumulative Supplements (American Bar Association, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006).
- Co-Author, “Employment and Labor Disputes,” Alternative Dispute Resolution – The Litigator’s Handbook, American Bar Association (2000).
- Co-Presenter “Compensable Time Traps for Employers Under the FLSA,” Webinar, Strafford Publications (November 29, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Time Well Spent: 10 Years of Wage & Hour Wisdom and What’s on the Way," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 2, 2023)
- "How Juries View Wage-Hour Cases," Seyfarth Shaw LLP, National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting (November 2, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of Arbitration - Part 2: Paradise Lost? The Risk of Mass Arbitration," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 29, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of Arbitration - Part 1: Analyzing federal legislation precluding arbitration of sexual harassment claims," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 1, 2022)
- "Still Better than a Class/Collective Action: Lessons Learned from Arbitrating Individual Exempt Status Cases," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 15, 2021)
- "Payment for Mandatory Vaccinations or Testing," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 31, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "Navigating Wage and Hour Risks Under the Biden Administration," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 20, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "2020 and Beyond: SCOTUS Updates and the Pre-Election Landscape," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 8, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, “Arbitration and Class/Collective Action Waivers: What Next?” Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 23, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, “At the Crossroads: The Future of Arbitration in the Workplace,” Labor Employee Relations Association - Chicago Chapter, (May 22, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, “FLSA Settlements and Mediation,” FLSA Symposium, Labor & Employment Law Section of the Chicago Bar Association (November 16, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "The Supreme Court Takes on Class Waivers in Arbitration Agreements for Employment Cases: What Next?," Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 4, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "Why Acquiring a Company with Workers Can Get You Sued, and What You Can Do About It," Association for Capital Growth - Chicago (March 9, 2017)
- Panel Captain, Wage & Hour Litigation & Compliance 2017, Practising Law Institute (March 1, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, “The DOL’s Revised Exemption Regulations: What They Mean For Your Restaurant,“ Webinar, Illinois Restaurant Association (October 28,2016)
- Co-Presenter, “Arbitration Agreements and Class and Collective Action Waivers: What’s Next?” Webinar, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (July 28, 2016)
- Panelist, "New FLSA Overtime Exemption Rule," Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 18, 2016)
Noah has represented companies in nearly 200 actual or putative collective and/or class action matters.
More About Noah
Noah's principal area of concentration lies in wage-and-hour matters, in which he has represented companies in nearly 200 actual or putative collective and/or class action matters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and/or state wage-and-hour laws. He also regularly advises companies on compliance with the FLSA and state wage-and-hour laws, including the performance of exempt status reviews and pay practice audits.
Noah co-chairs the national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group and is one of three editors-in-chief of the treatise Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, a more than 1000-page book devoted to the litigation of wage & hour matters. The treatise literally is “the book” on wage & hour litigation. Noah was lead counsel for Epic Systems in the district and appellate courts, and co-counsel at the United States Supreme Court, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which established that employers lawfully may require employees to enter into an arbitration agreement containing a waiver of the ability to participate in a class or collective action against their employer.
When not litigating or counseling on wage-hour matters, Noah manages labor and employment matters for several companies. In that capacity, he acts as a trusted advisor in counseling companies in several labor and employment areas, defends them in high-value cases, and manages their routine litigation.
Noah has been Ranked in Band 3 for Labor & Employment by Chambers USA, while Benchmark Litigation has recognized Noah as Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year in 2019 and as Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator in 2022.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Noah was law clerk to the United States District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Noah co-chairs the national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group and is one of three editors-in-chief of the treatise Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, a more than 1000-page book devoted to the litigation of wage & hour matters. The treatise literally is “the book” on wage & hour litigation. Noah was lead counsel for Epic Systems in the district and appellate courts, and co-counsel at the United States Supreme Court, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which established that employers lawfully may require employees to enter into an arbitration agreement containing a waiver of the ability to participate in a class or collective action against their employer.
When not litigating or counseling on wage-hour matters, Noah manages labor and employment matters for several companies. In that capacity, he acts as a trusted advisor in counseling companies in several labor and employment areas, defends them in high-value cases, and manages their routine litigation.
Noah has been Ranked in Band 3 for Labor & Employment by Chambers USA, while Benchmark Litigation has recognized Noah as Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year in 2019 and as Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator in 2022.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Noah was law clerk to the United States District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- JD, University of Michigan Law School
Associate Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (1992-1993)
- BA, University of Michigan
With distinction
The Michigan Daily, editor-in-chief (1990)
- Illinois
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- US District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court, Western District of Michigan
- US District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
- US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- US District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Related Services
- Agency Investigations & Audits
- Class & Collective Actions
- Complex Discrimination Litigation
- Employment
- Employment Litigation
- Independent Worker Strategies
- Wage Hour Audit, Assessment & Advice
- Wage Hour Class & Collective Actions
- Wage Hour Government Compliance & Enforcement Actions
- Wage Hour Private Equity Due Diligence
- Workplace Arbitration & ADR
- Workplace Privacy & Biometrics
Related Key Industries
Blogs
- Case experience is available upon request.
Related News & Insights
-
Blog Post
Dec 20, 2024
Frying the Certification: Fourth Circuit Turns Up the Heat, Reversing Class Certification Decision for Bojangles Shift Managers In Wage Suit
-
Blog Post
Dec 10, 2024
The Facts Matter: Publix Defeats Certification of Off-The-Clock Assistant Manager Claims
-
Legal Update
Nov 18, 2024
2016 All Over Again: Texas Judge Rejects FLSA Exemption Salary Hike, Restores $35,568 Minimum
-
Media Mentions
11/04/2024
Michael Wexler and Noah Finkel Discuss the Election’s Potential Impact on Non-Compete and Overtime Rules in Forbes
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Employment Law - Management (2016-2025); Litigation - Labor and Employment (2023-2025)
- Ranked Band 3 for Labor & Employment (Illinois) by Chambers USA (2022-2024); Ranked Band 4 for Labor & Employment (Illinois) (2017-2021)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2019, 2021-2024)
- Recognized as Top 50 Labor & Employment Litigator (2023), Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigator (2022), a Labor & Employment Star (2020-2021, 2023), and Labor & Employment Management Attorney of the Year (2019) by Benchmark Litigation (Euromoney Institutional Investor)
- BTI Client Service All-Star Attorney, BTI Consulting Group (2017)
- Listed in Illinois Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) for Employment & Labor (2005-2022)
- Co-Author, “2016 All Over Again: Texas Judge Rejects FLSA Exemption Salary Hike, Restores $35,568 Minimum,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 18, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Fifth Circuit Ruling: 2019 Salary Threshold Increase Did Not Exceed Authority,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 12, 2024)
- Co-Author, "From Leniency to Scrutiny: The New FLSA Certification Landscape," Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2024)
- Co-Author, “The De Minimis Doctrine Lives to Fight Another Day,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 17, 2024)
- Co-Author, “A Four-Day Workweek? What Employers Can Expect from Congress’ Newest Fight for a 32-Hour Workweek,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 22, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Working Overtime: Is Publication of DOL’s OT Exemption Rule Imminent?” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 5, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Calling Your Wage and Hour Lawyer Might Save Your Company $22 Million,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 25, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Tenth Circuit Shows How to Defeat Cert on Off-the-Clock Claims,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, "DOL Delivers A Proposed Salary Bump to FLSA Overtime Thresholds for Labor Day," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 31, 2023)
- Co-Author, “The Biden Administration Issued Its Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda . . . in (Late) Spring 2023! What’s in the Works for DOL Rulemaking, Including on a New Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees?” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 16, 2023)
- Co-Author, “It So Happens That The De Minimis Doctrine Is Only Mostly Dead: District Court Holds That Boot Up Time In Call Center Generally Is Non-Compensable,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 1, 2023)
- Co-Author, “A ‘Strong Likelihood’ of Change: Sixth Circuit Joins the Fifth in Raising the FLSA Certification Bar,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 22, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Not Remotely Helpful: DOL Issues Guidance on Compensability of Teleworking Breaks,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, “The Biden Administration Issued Its Latest Regulatory Agenda – What’s on Tap for DOL in 2023?,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 9, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Courts Begin Ruling on Compensability of Covid-19 Screening Time,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 6, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Meet the New Interpretation, (Pretty Much the) Same as the Old Interpretation: the DOL Proposes Its Own Independent Contractor Definition for the FLSA," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 11, 2022)
- Co-Author, “Another Court Rejects The Approval Requirement For Individual FLSA Settlements,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 19, 2022)
- Co-Author, “October Surprise? DOL Proposal for Exempt Status Minimum Salary Hike Could be Coming 10/2022,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 22, 2022)
- Co-Author, “Prejudice will no longer be considered when deciding if a waiver of arbitration occurred; Not to worry, arbitration clauses still as enforceable as ever,” Wage & Hour Litigation Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 25, 2022)
- Co-Author, "DOL Proposes Its First-Ever Interpretation on Independent Contractor vs. Employee," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 22, 2020)
- Co-Author, "DOL Announces Rule Clarifying Joint Employment Under FLSA," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 12, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Illinois Supreme Court Opens Floodgates For Damages In Class Actions Alleging Violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”)," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 25, 2019)
- Co-Author, "New Year Brings New Illinois Expense Reimbursement Law," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 3, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Check, Please! DOL Issues Opinion Letter Ending Its 20% Tip Credit Rule," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 15, 2018)
- Co-Author, Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012; updated 2018)
- Co-Author, "A Class Waiver Can Be A Condition of Employment," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 21, 2018)
- Co-Author, “The Death Knell for Tip Pooling?” Modern Restaurant Management (January 2, 2018)
- Co-Author, "Will the Supreme Court Finally Remove Doubt That an Employer Can Mandate That Employees Enter into Arbitration Agreements with Class Waivers?," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 25, 2017)
- Co-Author, “How to Manage Wage-Hour Risks in an Acquisition,” Mergers & Acquisitions (August 21, 2017)
- Co-Author, "U.S. Department of Labor Expansively Defines Joint Employment Under FLSA," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 20, 2016)
- Co-Author, "How Hospitality Industry Employers Can Navigate the New White-Collar Overtime Rules: Turning Legal Change Into Business Opportunity," Hospitality Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 7, 2015)
- Co-Author, "Insights: Supreme Court Win for Employers," Chain Store Age (December 12, 2014)
- Co-Author, "Oregon Court Invalidates Revised Tip-Pool Regulations And Sides With Hospitality Industry Group In Fight With DOL," Hospitality Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 12, 2013)
- Co-Author, "U.S. Department of Labor Expansively Defines Joint Employment Under FLSA," Westlaw Journal of Thompson Reuters (February 17, 2013)
- Co-Author, “Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Ruling: How This Win For Employers Impacts Wage & Hour Class Actions,” 25 Westlaw Journal: Employment, 25 (July 12, 2011).
- Co-Author, “Healthcare Employers Under Attack: The Rise of Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits,” 13 CCH Health Care Compliance Letter, 14 (July 13, 2010).
- Editor in Chief, “Recent Trends in Defending Federal Wage & Hour Complex Litigation,” a 152-page paper Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2009).
- Co-Author, “Defending Hybrid FLSA Collective and State Wage and Hour Class Actions,” 2007 Midwinter Meeting of the Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee for the Labor & Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association (March 27-31, 2007).
- Author, “State Wage-and-Hour Law Class Actions: The Real Wave of ‘FLSA’ Litigation?” 7 Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 101 (2003), cited in Ellis v. Edward Jones Co., 427 F. Supp.2d 43 (W.D. Pa. 2009).
- Chapter Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2006 Cumulative Supplement, Contributing Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 Cumulative Supplements (American Bar Association, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006).
- Co-Author, “Employment and Labor Disputes,” Alternative Dispute Resolution – The Litigator’s Handbook, American Bar Association (2000).
- Co-Presenter “Compensable Time Traps for Employers Under the FLSA,” Webinar, Strafford Publications (November 29, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Time Well Spent: 10 Years of Wage & Hour Wisdom and What’s on the Way," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 2, 2023)
- "How Juries View Wage-Hour Cases," Seyfarth Shaw LLP, National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting (November 2, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of Arbitration - Part 2: Paradise Lost? The Risk of Mass Arbitration," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 29, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of Arbitration - Part 1: Analyzing federal legislation precluding arbitration of sexual harassment claims," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 1, 2022)
- "Still Better than a Class/Collective Action: Lessons Learned from Arbitrating Individual Exempt Status Cases," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 15, 2021)
- "Payment for Mandatory Vaccinations or Testing," National Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group Meeting, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 31, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "Navigating Wage and Hour Risks Under the Biden Administration," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 20, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "2020 and Beyond: SCOTUS Updates and the Pre-Election Landscape," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 8, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, “Arbitration and Class/Collective Action Waivers: What Next?” Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 23, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, “At the Crossroads: The Future of Arbitration in the Workplace,” Labor Employee Relations Association - Chicago Chapter, (May 22, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, “FLSA Settlements and Mediation,” FLSA Symposium, Labor & Employment Law Section of the Chicago Bar Association (November 16, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "The Supreme Court Takes on Class Waivers in Arbitration Agreements for Employment Cases: What Next?," Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 4, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "Why Acquiring a Company with Workers Can Get You Sued, and What You Can Do About It," Association for Capital Growth - Chicago (March 9, 2017)
- Panel Captain, Wage & Hour Litigation & Compliance 2017, Practising Law Institute (March 1, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, “The DOL’s Revised Exemption Regulations: What They Mean For Your Restaurant,“ Webinar, Illinois Restaurant Association (October 28,2016)
- Co-Presenter, “Arbitration Agreements and Class and Collective Action Waivers: What’s Next?” Webinar, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (July 28, 2016)
- Panelist, "New FLSA Overtime Exemption Rule," Webinar, presented by Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 18, 2016)